Centre des Sciences Du Goût et de L'Alimentation, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Université de Bourgogne, 17 Rue Sully, BP 86510, 21065 Dijon Cedex, France.
Centre des Sciences Du Goût et de L'Alimentation, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Université de Bourgogne, 17 Rue Sully, BP 86510, 21065 Dijon Cedex, France.
Appetite. 2024 Feb 1;193:107134. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2023.107134. Epub 2023 Nov 25.
The school meal system could contribute to the transition towards more sustainable food system by promoting plant-based meals. Knowing whether parents want more vegetarian school meals for their children is a prerequisite for a successful implementation. The present study aimed to estimate the proportion of parents who would opt for more vegetarian school meals for their children and to study associations of willingness with family characteristics and food choice motives. An online survey was sent to parents whose children are registered for school canteen in Dijon (France). We collected child-level information, data on family sociodemographic characteristics, and data on dietary habits and food choice motives of the family. We examined family characteristics associated with the willingness to increase the frequency of vegetarian school meals from one meal per week to two or daily. Generalized linear models were performed. In total, 49% of parents were willing to opt for a second weekly vegetarian meal and 26% for a daily vegetarian meal for their children (n = 1261). Parents willing to opt for more vegetarian meal were more likely to have higher education, be flexitarian or vegetarian and to currently opt for pork-free meals for their children, and their children attended the school canteen less frequently. Environmental motives were positively associated with the willing to opt for a second weekly vegetarian meal; familiarity and sensory appeal motives were negatively associated. Health and animal welfare motives were positively associated with the willing to opt for a daily vegetarian meal and sensory appeal was negatively associated. Increasing the frequency of vegetarian school meals would satisfy a demand expressed by parents but must be accompanied by interventions enhancing pleasure of eating vegetarian meals.
学校膳食系统可以通过推广植物性膳食来促进向更可持续的食品系统转变。了解家长是否希望为孩子提供更多的素食学校餐是成功实施的前提。本研究旨在估计愿意为孩子选择更多素食学校餐的家长比例，并研究愿意选择素食的意愿与家庭特征和食物选择动机的关联。我们向在法国第戎注册学校食堂的家长发送了在线调查。我们收集了儿童水平的信息、家庭社会人口特征数据以及家庭饮食习惯和食物选择动机的数据。我们研究了与增加每周素食餐频率（从每周一顿增加到两顿或每天）相关的家庭特征。采用广义线性模型进行分析。共有 49%的家长愿意为孩子选择每周第二顿素食餐，26%的家长愿意选择每天素食餐（n=1261）。愿意选择更多素食餐的家长更有可能接受过高等教育，是弹性素食者或素食者，目前为孩子选择无猪肉餐，孩子也较少去学校食堂就餐。环境动机与愿意选择每周第二顿素食餐呈正相关；熟悉和感官吸引力动机与愿意选择每周第二顿素食餐呈负相关。健康和动物福利动机与愿意选择每日素食餐呈正相关，感官吸引力动机与愿意选择每日素食餐呈负相关。增加素食学校餐的频率可以满足家长的需求，但必须辅以增强食用素食餐愉悦感的干预措施。
