Swanson Mark, Branscum Adam, Nakayima Peace Julie
University of Kentucky, College of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior, Lexington, KY 40536-0003, United States of America.
Appetite. 2009 Oct;53(2):264-7. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.07.015. Epub 2009 Jul 25.
We examined how slicing apples and oranges affected elementary students' selection and consumption of fruit. Slicing increased the percentage of children selecting and consuming oranges, while a similar effect was not found for apples. The impact of slicing fruit was greatest among younger students. These findings suggest that school cafeterias can increase accessibility and consumption of foods through simple, inexpensive food preparation techniques, with the impact of such measures varying by foods and student characteristics.
我们研究了将苹果和橙子切片如何影响小学生对水果的选择和食用情况。切片增加了选择并食用橙子的儿童比例，而苹果则未发现类似效果。切片水果的影响在较年幼的学生中最为显著。这些研究结果表明，学校食堂可以通过简单、低成本的食物制备技术来提高食物的可及性和食用量，且此类措施的影响因食物和学生特征而异。
