Table 3.
Products chosen to eat between meals, by level of food neophobia, among pre-school children aged 2·5–7 years (n 325) from ten kindergartens located in or near Cracow, southern Poland, 2012–2013
| Level of food neophobia (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Products chosen as snack | Total (%) (n 325) | Low (L) (n 35) | Medium (M) (n 250) | High (H) (n 40) | P |
| Chocolate sweets | 63·5 | 40·0 | 57·1 | 65·7 | L-M=0·009 |
| M-H=0·873 | |||||
| L-H=0·027 | |||||
| Biscuits | 28·7 | 32·5 | 26·9 | 31·4 | L-M=0·463 |
| M-H=0·575 | |||||
| L-H=0·921 | |||||
| Fruits | 76·0 | 90·0 | 74·7 | 62·9 | L-M=0·033 |
| M-H=0·139 | |||||
| L-H=0·005 | |||||
| Raisins | 9·5 | 12·5 | 9·7 | 5·7 | L-M=0·582 |
| M-H=0·448 | |||||
| L-H=0·316 | |||||
| Salty snacks | 16·3 | 11·5 | 12·5 | 28·6 | L-M=0·090 |
| M-H=0·549 | |||||
| L-H=0·027 | |||||
| Dairy products | 77·4 | 79·5 | 77·1 | 77·1 | L-M=0·741 |
| M-H=0·996 | |||||
| L-H=0·808 | |||||
| Corn crisps | 35·5 | 30·0 | 37·8 | 28·6 | L-M=0·345 |
| M-H=0·292 | |||||
| L-H=0·892 | |||||
P value for difference between food neophobia groups (Wilcoxon’s test); significant results (P<0·05) shown in bold.