Association of Picky Eating and Food Neophobia with Weight: A Systematic Review

Brown, Callie L.; Schaaf, Emily B. Vander; Cohen, Gail M.; Irby, Megan B.; Skelton, Joseph A.

doi:10.1089/chi.2015.0189

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“…The similarity in plate waste across food categories is inconsistent with eating behaviours, such as food refusal and picky eating, that predictably emerge during the preschool years and are pervasive among young children. 42 In the United States, parents have reported that preschoolers consume a limited variety of foods and prefer some food types over others 43,44 ; however, those parent perceptions are not supported by findings from current study. One possible explanation for what appears to be a lack of selective eating is that parents served larger portions of foods they thought their preschoolers would eat.…”

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Assessing dinner meals offered at home among preschoolers from low‐income families with the Remote Food Photography Method

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Summary Background The high prevalence of obesity among preschoolers may be partially explained by the type and quantity of foods offered by parents and left unconsumed by preschoolers. Objectives (a) To compare foods offered and consumed at dinner to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) standards and (b) to examine the types, quantities, and nutrient composition of foods offered to and consumed by preschoolers and their plate waste. Methods Participants were recruited from six Head Start/preschool centres. The Remote Food Photography Method was used to document dinner meals over 1 week (n = 153 meals). Energy and nutrients for foods offered, consumed, and plate waste were calculated. Foods offered and consumed were compared with the DGAs and CACFP standards. Results Foods and beverages offered at dinner equaled 506 kcal, which is 36% of the DGA‐recommended total daily energy intake. Meals offered and consumed were high in fat and sodium and low in fibre. Adherence to CACFP standards was low for fruits (25%) and milk (2%) and moderate for vegetables (63%). Mean plate waste (29%) was similar across food types. Conclusions Opportunities exist to improve preschoolers' adherence to the DGAs and CACFP standards by enhancing the quality of dinner meals offered to them.

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“…Similarly, measures of fussy eating vary considerably, resulting in inconsistent reports of the prevalence of fussy eating behaviours ranging from 5.6 to 59% [2,3]. A recent meta-analysis of fussy eating in children over 30 months of age estimated prevalence to be 22% [4].…”

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“…Despite numerous reviews of the definitions, prevalence, correlates and management of fussy eating since 2008 [1][2][3][4][6][7][8], these reviews focus primarily on quantitative findings and a review of the qualitative research on family perceptions, experiences and practices has not yet been carried out. Therefore, this study aims to review and synthesise the body of qualitative work carried out in this period, specifically examining family perceptions, experiences, and practices in relation to non-clinical childhood fussy eating behaviours.…”

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Childhood fussy/picky eating behaviours: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies

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Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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Fussy/picky eating behaviours are common across childhood. Recent reviews of the fussy eating literature focus on quantitative research and do not adequately account for families' subjective experiences, perceptions and practices. This review aims to synthesise the increasing volume of qualitative work on fussy eating. A systematic search of relevant databases was carried out. Studies were included if they were qualitative, published since 2008, with a primary focus on families' experiences, perceptions and practices regarding fussy eating, food neophobia, or food refusal in children (aged one to young adult). Studies with clinical samples, or relating to children under one year were excluded. Ten studies were eligible for this review and were synthesised using meta-ethnography (developed by Noblit and Hare). This review provides a comprehensive description and definition of fussy eating behaviours. A conceptual model of the family experience of fussy eating was developed, illustrating relationships between child characteristics (including fussy eating behaviours), parent feeding beliefs, parent feeding practices, mealtime emotions and parent awareness of food preference development. Our synthesis identified two ways in which fussy eating relates to mealtime emotions (directly and via parent feeding practices) and three distinct categories of parent beliefs that relate to fussy eating (self-efficacy, attributions and beliefs about hunger regulation). The model proposes pathways which could be explored further in future qualitative and quantitative studies, and suggests that parent beliefs, emotions, and awareness should be targeted alongside parent feeding practices to increase effectiveness of interventions. The majority of studies included in this review focus on preschool children and all report the parent perspective. Further research is required to understand the child's perspective, and experiences of fussy eating in later childhood.

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“…This is likely a reflection of the complex consequences of fussy eating. Fussy children might only like a small variety of foods, some of which may have high caloric content [41].…”

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Identifying typical trajectories in longitudinal data: modelling strategies and interpretations

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Individual-level longitudinal data on biological, behavioural, and social dimensions are becoming increasingly available. Typically, these data are analysed using mixed effects models, with the result summarised in terms of an average trajectory plus measures of the individual variations around this average. However, public health investigations would benefit from finer modelling of these individual variations which identify not just one average trajectory, but several typical trajectories. If evidence of heterogeneity in the development of these variables is found, the role played by temporally preceding (explanatory) variables as well as the potential impact of differential trajectories may have on later outcomes is often of interest. A wide choice of methods for uncovering typical trajectories and relating them to precursors and later outcomes exists. However, despite their increasing use, no practical overview of these methods targeted at epidemiological applications exists. Hence we provide: (a) a review of the three most commonly used methods for the identification of latent trajectories (growth mixture models, latent class growth analysis, and longitudinal latent class analysis); and (b) recommendations for the identification and interpretation of these trajectories and of their relationship with other variables. For illustration, we use longitudinal data on childhood body mass index and parental reports of fussy eating, collected in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.

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Association of Picky Eating and Food Neophobia with Weight: A Systematic Review

Abstract: Heterogeneous definitions used for picky eating led to a wide range of reported prevalence and an unclear relationship with weight. Consistent definitions and an improved understanding of such a relationship could help clinicians provide appropriate anticipatory guidance.

Cited by 133 publications

References 59 publications

Assessing dinner meals offered at home among preschoolers from low‐income families with the Remote Food Photography Method

Assessing dinner meals offered at home among preschoolers from low‐income families with the Remote Food Photography Method

Childhood fussy/picky eating behaviours: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies

Identifying typical trajectories in longitudinal data: modelling strategies and interpretations

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