The Fort Lewis Food Preference Survey (1971)

Abstract

During April 1971 a Food Preference Survey was administered to a large sample of enlisted personnel at Fort Lewis, Washington. The questionnaire consisted of 416 food items chosen primarily from the Armed Forces 42 Day Master Menu. For each item, the hedonic value was correlated with its score for preferred frequency of serving. The food items were categorized in menu classes (e.g. main dishes, vegetables, desserts) and by meals (e.g. midday meats, breakfast beverages, evening desserts, etc.). A statistical estimate of overserving and underserving was obtained by comparison of the soldier's preferred frequency of serving to the number of times it actually appeared in the 42 day Master Menu. Scales of preference frequency appear to be worthy of further investigation for use in menu planning.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0741370

Entities

People

  • Barbara Hasenzahl
  • Herbert L. Meiselman
  • Thomas Wehrly
  • Willard Van Horne

Organizations

  • United States Army Soldier Systems Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptability
  • Army Personnel
  • Biological Sciences
  • Birds
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fish
  • Food Preparation
  • Frequency
  • Massachusetts
  • Meals
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Navy
  • Surveys
  • United States
  • Vegetables

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.