Nearly half of American children believe that hot dogs and bacon are vegetables
According to a survey of children aged 4 to 7 years in the United States, about 40% of children think that 'hot dogs and bacon are vegetables', 'misunderstanding of basic food knowledge' It turned out that there is.
Children are unsuspecting meat eaters: An opportunity to address climate change --ScienceDirect
Erin Hahn, a psychologist at Furman University, believes that eating vegetable foods rather than animal foods can help 'improve climate change.' In anticipation of future climate change, we investigated children's knowledge of food.
The subjects of the survey were 176 children aged 4 to 7 living in the metropolitan areas of the United States. Mr. Hahn said, 'Show me a picture of food and let me choose whether it comes from plants or animals.' 'Show me pictures of food and non-food and let me choose whether it's okay to eat.' 2 We conducted two surveys.
As a result, it was found that all animal foods except milk were misrecognized by at least 30% of children. The percentage was 36.36% for hamburgers, 39.77% for hot dogs, and 40.91% for bacon. 'Even chicken nuggets with animal names in their names have determined that more than 30% of children are of plant origin,' Hahn wrote. In addition, the highest number of children had the wrong origin of french fries, at 46.59%.
According to a survey that asks students to choose whether or not they can eat oranges, about 5 to 6% of children classify oranges as 'don't eat' and cats as 'may eat'. About 70-80% of children decided that they should not eat cows, pigs and chickens.
'One possible reason children misunderstand animal foods is that parents are hesitant to talk to their children about'where meat comes from', Hahn said. We may be concerned that if we pass on our knowledge of meat dismantling to our children, they may refuse to eat meat. '
However, Hahn said, 'Lack of knowledge about animal foods can reduce moral judgment about animals. We should refrain from refraining from or distorting information about the origin of animal foods.' I pointed out.
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