Title:	Effectiveness of a teaching unit on the willingness to consume insect-based food – An intervention study with adolescents from Germany
Authors:	Szczepanski, Lena Dupont, Jacqueline Schade, Fenja Hellberg, Henrike Büscher, Milan Fiebelkorn, Florian
ORCID of the author:	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5479-1213 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7972-6925
Abstract:	This study investigated the effect of a four-lesson teaching unit titled “Entomophagy and Sustainability” on the willingness of adolescents in Germany to consume insect-based food (N = 114; MAge = 15.77 years; SDAge = 1.12 years; female = 58.8%). The main aim of the study was to test whether the teaching unit can induce long-term changes in selected nutritional-psychological factors (food disgust, food neophobia, food technology neophobia), attitudes, knowledge, and the willingness to consume insect-based food. For this purpose, a paper-pencil questionnaire was conducted immediately before (pre-test), immediately after (post-test), and approximately six weeks after (follow-up test) the teaching unit. Although significant changes in food disgust, food neophobia, food technology neophobia, attitudes, and knowledge were recorded, adolescents’ willingness to consume insect-based food was not significantly increased. Attitudes were identified as the strongest predictor of adolescents’ willingness to consume, while knowledge was not a significant predictor. Conclusions and recommendations that can be applied to other educational interventions are provided to increase the effectiveness of the teaching unit.
Citations:	Szczepanski, L., Dupont, J., Schade, F., Hellberg, H., Büscher, M., & Fiebelkorn, F. (2022): Effectiveness of a teaching unit on the willingness to consume insect-based food – An intervention study with adolescents from Germany. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9:889805.
URL:	https://doi.org/10.48693/300 https://osnadocs.ub.uni-osnabrueck.de/handle/ds-202305028756
Subject Keywords:	entomophagy; edible insects; novel food; alternative protein; meat alternative; teenagers; schools; information
Issue Date:	5-Oct-2022
License name:	Attribution 4.0 International
License url:	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Type of publication:	Einzelbeitrag in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift [Article]
Appears in Collections:	FB05 - Hochschulschriften Open-Access-Publikationsfonds

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