Child involvement in meal preparation and grocery shopping is associated with lower levels of food fussiness among young children

Abstract

This study examined associations between child food involvement and food fussiness. Analyses used survey data from 62 children ages 1.5 to 5.9 years who participated in the Guelph Family Health Study Pilot. Overall involvement (β = -0.51, p = 0.02), involvement in meal preparation (β = -0.42, p = 0.009), and involvement in grocery shopping (β = -0.29, p = 0.04) were inversely associated with food fussiness. Experimental research including larger, more diverse samples is needed to test whether food involvement reduces food fussiness among young children.
 Novelty:
 • Our study identified significant, inverse associations between child food involvement and food fussiness

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“…Maternal concern has been identified as a mediator in the relationship between child food fussiness and persuasive feeding, highlighting the role of parental attitudes in shaping children's eating behaviors (Harris et al, 2018). Furthermore, fussy eating has been associated with lower levels of food involvement among children, indicating that engaging children in meal preparation and grocery shopping may help reduce food fussiness (Broad et al, 2021).…”