Browsing by Subject "ruokatottumukset"
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(2009)Aims: The older the youngsters are, the more important role hobbies and leisure time activities have in their life. That is why various activities organized by the non-profit organizations have an important role concerning the development of food habits of youngsters. This study has three main themes. The themes and their respective study questions are: 1. The youngsters' conceptions on healthy eating and food choice: What kind of food do youngsters consider as healthy? How do they see their own eating habits from this point of view? 2. The youngsters and the significance of everyday food-related information: How do the youngsters perceive the role of different actors and these actors' role regarding their own food habits and food choice? 3. The possibilities of the organizations that work with youngsters to improve their food habits: What kind of role do the non-profit organizations have on the youngsters' food habits and healthy food choice? Methods: This study comprises of two types of data. First, a quantitative internet-based survey (N=582) was used to collect data on the 9th graders conceptions and understandings. The data was analyzed with the SPSS-program. Means, cross-tabulations, Pearson's correlations and t-test were calculated from the data. The qualitative data was collected using interviews. The respondents were 12 experts from non-profit organizations. The interviews were analyzed with the qualitative content analysis. Results and conclusions: The non-profit organizations studied have good possibilities to communicate with youngsters through their hobbies. As part of their activities these organizations are able to influence on health-promoting lifestyle and food habits of youngsters. In order to reach more youngsters, these organizations should actively act e.g. in virtual societies of youngsters. Youngsters will participate when activities are voluntary and exhilarating. From the point of food habits doing, learning and identifying are the most important factors to engage the young. Also the models of peers and adults are important. Non-profit organizations should offer youngsters activities but these organizations should also influence on society.
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(2016)The study's aim was to find out how the Makumestari food event affected the food habits of the visitors. Previous studies have shown that the diet of Finnish children does not meet the nutrition recommendations. One major lack is in the daily intake of vegetables. Because food habits are developed in early childhood and they influence not only an individual's wellbeing but also the whole society's wellbeing, healthy habits should be taught at a young age. Information is a crucial factor of change but information alone is not enough. The Makumestari event offered joy of food and the opportunity to explore food items using the "makukoulu" technique. The data was collected using an online questionnaire. 124 visitors of the food event responded to the questionnaire. The questionnaire contained multiple-choice and open-ended questions so different kinds of analysis methods were used, such as calculating key ratios and correlation coefficients, principal component analysis and Kruskal-Wallis tests. The data collected via the open-ended questions was analysed using content analysis. The study shows that the Makumestari food event affected the food habits of approximately 30 % of the families who responded to the questionnaire. Variety in foods and more vegetables were added to the diets. Families also reported more conversations on food topics, trying out new recipes and using their senses while evaluating food. Principal component analysis and Kruskal-Wallis test results state that the visitors who responded to the questionnaire where interested in food or nutrition and had no need to change their daily diets because their diets were already healthy. People who wanted to eliminate something from their diets felt the key to the change was in their own hands and they only lacked motivation. Those who wanted their diets to become more diverse felt they needed more knowledge and better skills in order to execute these changes. The food event influenced the food habits of the visitors by giving them a personal experience on healthy eating.
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(2016)Goals. Overweight and its consequences cardiovascular diseases are global problems. Problem arises often as a child and will follow along until death. Although a healthy lifestyle has been widely studied, and on the basis of studies has been prepared in e.g. general nutrition recommendations, the solution to the problem has not been solved. This study has taken a child-oriented approach to a healthy diet. The goal of this study was to examine the six-graders' knowledge of nutrition and food choices, taking into account their psychosocial and physical development. The study describes the levels and sources of students' nutrition knowledge. Methodology. The data were collected by interviewing ten six-graders from Capital Region. The interviewees were 3 boys and 7 girls. All students except one were from the same school. The interviews were semi-structured theme interviews and assisted by photos of food. The data were analyzed by theory oriented qualitative content analysis method. Results and conclusions. Interviewees knew better foods than nutrients. Carbohydrates were the least known of the nutrient. Parents had a significant role as sources of nutrition knowledge and dietary motivation promoters. The teacher's role in nutrition education was rather small. Nutrition knowledge and motivation affect students' food choices. The biggest impact on food motivation was the social influences, the supposed food taste and simple. Motivational nutrition education promotes students' nutrition knowledge and external support improves the motivation.
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(2017)The purpose of the study is to explore the acculturation of eating habits among Somali immigrants: What kind of acculturation happens and which factors prevent or promote the change in their eating habits. In addition, it is studied how important role food has from the perspective of the stability or change of identity. The main research question is as follows: What kind of acculturation has occurred after moving to Finland? The study had three additional questions: 1. How is acculturation reflected in eating habits and the choice of food? 2. What are the main factors that prevent or promote the change? 3. How the respondents find that the acculturation of eating habits affects their Somali identity? In this study, the model of adaptation to a new dietary pattern (Koctürk-Runefors 1991) is an important part of the theoretical framework. The data were collected in March 2017 through individual, pair, and group interviews from fourteen Somali immigrants, aged 19 to 46 years. All the interviewees were women who had lived in Finland six to twenty-six years. They were interviewed in Finnish. The interviews were audiorecorded and transcribed into written form. After that the data were analyzed by using qualitative content analysis. According to the study, acculturation had taken place at different levels. Meal rhythm, the content of meals and choice of food had changed. The number of the meals increased in Finland. The breakfast was usually prepared by the Finnish way. If there was enough time, the breakfast would be prepared by a Somalian way. The lunch would be prepared in a Somali way if it was eaten at home. Legumes were often offered for dinner in Somalia but no longer in Finland. The religion prevented any major changes in the diet. The socio-economic status affected food choice: higher education and income level affected the choice of the food. Media, household technology and catering services promoted the change. Somali identity is strong and the identity is supported with eating habits. Food restrictions defined by religion were kept unchanged, and they did not reflect acculturation in this study.
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(2021)The aim of this master’s thesis is to find out the experiences of ninth grader boy (assumed) athletes about their eating habits and food choices in everyday life and what kind of eating habits boy athletes have. Furthermore, the study aims to find out who or what influences and advises young people on nutrition-related issues and what kind of advice has been offered and how they try to follow the given ad-vice. The study was conducted as a qualitative study. The study data was collected as an electronic survey of 12 boy ninth graders from Helsinki. The survey utilized a stimulated enquiry, or “Stimulated recall” as a study method. Respondents were offered a video about eating habits, which was intended to focus the respondents' thoughts on their own lives and the everyday food choices. Respondents were examined in depth both as individuals and as a group, and analysis was formed with the qualitive content analysis. Participants in the study felt that their own eating habits were good or quite good. Respondents’ eating habits and food choices did not vary much on different days. The differences in the meals were reflected in the planning of the food for the com-petition days and the easy-goingness of the day-offs. In planning, boys strive for the timeliness and healthiness of the meals in order to perform as well as possible in sports performance. The days-offs were more relaxed in terms of food. The family and coach were found to have the greatest influence on respondents’ cur-rent eating habits. Special value was given to the advice given by the coaches and the willing to follow the given advice was high. Respondents’ who did not receive advices from their coaches hoped to receive them in the future. In addition, in the boys' responses to the survey, there were significant differences in the skills they have to describe or justify their everyday food choices. Three different response styles were emerged: (1) respondents who are aware of their own food choices, (2) respondents who are unsure of their own food choices, and (3) respondents who did not justify their own food choice answers at all.
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