A Case Study Exploring Healthy Eating in a KS1 class in the Borough of Barking and Dagenham

CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS1

Results1

Kids Questionnaire1

Parent Questionnaire4

Practitioner Questionnaire9

Discussion13

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION15

List of Figures

Figure 1: Gender1

Figure 2: Age of Participants2

Figure 3: Healthy Eating3

Figure 4: Gender of Parent Respondents4

Figure 5: Age Group5

Figure 6: Asking Child about what they have eaten during the Day5

Figure 7: Would like to know about what their Child have eaten during the School Day?6

Figure 8: Does your child have a Favorite Meal?7

Figure 9: Healthy Eating Supports the Child's Learning & Development8

Figure 10: Gender of Practitioner9

Figure 11: Age Group10

Figure 12: Age Group of Children Practitioner is working with10

Figure 13: Position of Practitioner11

Figure 14: Healthy Eating Supports the Child's Learning & Development12

Figure 15: Do Children have a Favorite Meal?13

CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS

Results

Since the survey was divided among three different groups, so the questionnaire were also designed differently based on the level of knowledge and information of each of the respondent group. The groups were named as Kids Questionnaire, Parent Questionnaire, and Practitioner Questionnaire. A thematic approach was being used while analyzing the findings, which was done to determine the common trends of healthy eating among all the three responding groups.

Kids Questionnaire

The Kids Questionnaire was based on four basic questions. The first question being asked from children in the Kids Questionnaire was about their gender. Students were selected at random, for which simple random sampling technique was being used. Figure 1 shows that out of 15 students, 9 of them were boys, while remaining 6 were girls. This question was aimed at determining which gender among the children tends to show more concern about the healthy eating which is going to be examined in the coming questions.

Figure 1: Gender

The next question was involving about the age of each of those children. The options included years 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Figure 2 represents, only one of those 15 children was of 2 years old, four were 3 years old, five were four years old, three were 5 years old, and two were 6 years old. The selection of children from age bracket of 2 years to 6 years is to judge the trends of eating among this specific group of children. Since, healthy eating is a phenomenon which must be followed from the early stages of life; this question was a deliberate one to acquire answers from this specific group of children.

Figure 2: Age of Participants

The third question includes identifying which one of the options is healthy from the perspective of children. Six options were being provided to the children in this question, which include 1) Milk, Apple, Banana, 2) Burger and Fries, 3) Vegetables, 4) Burger, Broast, Fries, Cold Drink, 5) Chocolates, and 6) Fruits. Figure 3 represents the distribution of choices of foods that responding children like to eat. Among them, only one child selected the first option of milk, apple, and banana. 5 of them selected burger and fries, whereas, 6 have selected burger, broast, fries, and cold ...