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Open Access 01-12-2018 | Research

Utility of eButton images for identifying food preparation behaviors and meal-related tasks in adolescents

Authors: Margaret Raber, Monika Patterson, Wenyan Jia, Mingui Sun, Tom Baranowski

Published in: Nutrition Journal | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

Background

Food preparation skills may encourage healthy eating. Traditional assessment of child food preparation employs self- or parent proxy-reporting methods, which are prone to error. The eButton is a wearable all-day camera that has promise as an objective, passive method for measuring child food preparation practices.

Purpose

This paper explores the feasibility of the eButton to reliably capture home food preparation behaviors and practices in a sample of pre- and early adolescents (ages 9 to 13).

Methods

This is a secondary analysis of two eButton pilot projects evaluating the dietary intake of pre- and early adolescents in or around Houston, Texas. Food preparation behaviors were coded into seven major categories including: browsing, altering food/adding seasoning, food media, meal related tasks, prep work, cooking and observing. Inter-coder reliability was measured using Cohen’s kappa and percent agreement.

Results

Analysis was completed on data for 31 participants. The most common activity was browsing in the pantry or fridge. Few participants demonstrated any food preparation work beyond unwrapping of food packages and combining two or more ingredients; actual cutting or measuring of foods were rare.

Conclusions

Although previous research suggests children who “help” prepare meals may obtain some dietary benefit, accurate assessment tools of food preparation behavior are lacking. The eButton offers a feasible approach to food preparation behavior measurement among pre- and early adolescents. Follow up research exploring the validity of this method in a larger sample, and comparisons between cooking behavior and dietary intake are needed.
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Metadata
Title
Utility of eButton images for identifying food preparation behaviors and meal-related tasks in adolescents
Authors
Margaret Raber
Monika Patterson
Wenyan Jia
Mingui Sun
Tom Baranowski
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Nutrition Journal / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1475-2891
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-018-0341-2

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