Development of eating behavior by Japanese toddlers in a nursery school: relation to independent walking.
The eating behavior of 32 toddlers in a nursery school at 10, 12, and 14 months old was observed in relation to the age at onset of independent walking. With increasing age, the frequency at which the toddlers ate food given by a teacher decreased, and the frequency at which the toddlers ate by themselves increased. The toddlers who started walking earlier also advanced faster in the development of eating behavior. The time when the frequency of eating by oneself surpassed the frequency of passive eating coincided with the time when the toddlers started walking.
Koda
Naoko
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Department of Ecoregion Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan.
Tachibana
Yuko
Y
Hirose
Toshiya
T
Yasuda
Jun
J
Hinobayashi
Toshihiko
T
Minami
Tetsuhiro
T
D044466:Asian People; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D014743:Videotape Recording; D016138:Walking