Exploring the Role of Grandparents in the Feeding of Grandchildren Aged 1–5 Years

Rogers, Emily; Bell, Lucinda; Mehta, Kiran

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2018.08.016

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“…Family and the home environment are well-established sources of influence on children’s eating habits, especially in early and middle childhood [6]. While poor parental feeding practices such as using unhealthy food to reward desirable child behavior [7] and overfeeding [8] can adversely affect children’s dietary behaviors and their health, there is growing evidence to suggest that grandparents play an increasingly important role in influencing their grandchildren’s feeding practices [8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16].…”

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“…Previous studies conducted in China [8,9,10], Japan [11,12], Australia [13,14], the United States [15], and the United Kingdom [16] have established that grandparents play a significant role in shaping their grandchildren’s feeding practices. Certain recurring themes related to knowledge, attitudes, and practices were common across the studies.…”

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“…In terms of knowledge, the Asian studies showed that grandparents tended to harbor various misconceptions about healthy eating [8,10,11] including the belief that an overweight child is evidence of successful feeding [8,10]. Regarding attitudes, the Australian, American, and the United Kingdom studies found that grandparents took pride in their feeding role and believed that they had the authority to allow their grandchildren to indulge in less healthy food [13,14,15,16]. With regard to practices, grandparents generally expressed their influences over their grandchildren’s diet through food preparation and determining the quantity of food consumed [8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16].…”

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Feeding-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Grandparents in Singapore

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Childhood obesity is a growing concern worldwide. Though multifactorial, the family environment exerts significant influence on children’s eating habits. Grandparents are increasingly involved as caregivers and they can significantly influence their grandchildren’s eating habits. Yet, literature on this topic is lacking. This exploratory sequential mixed methods study (qualitative interview and interviewer-administered questionnaire) aims to understand grandparents’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices on the feeding of their grandchildren in Singapore. A total of 11 interview participants and 396 questionnaire respondents with at least one grandchild, aged 12 years and below were included. Qualitative interviews informed the questionnaire development. Responses to interview questions about knowledge, attitudes, and practices revealed sub-themes such as knowledge on the impact of feeding, attitude toward feeding role, and challenges to feeding. Of the 396 participants, 35% were primary caregivers (defined as the person who spends the most time with the grandchild and performs most of the caregiving tasks). Nutritional knowledge was fair (median score 5/8), with misconceptions centered around healthy feeding practices. Grandparents who were primary caregivers, female, Malay, and younger than 70 years old believed that they played an important role in feeding their grandchild (p < 0.05). Overall, 47.2% of the grandparents rarely or never set a maximum limit on the amount of unhealthy food eaten, of which 77.1% are non-primary caregivers. In comparison, primary caregivers tend to set a maximum limit to the amount of unhealthy food their grandchildren eat and choose a wide variety of food (p < 0.05). These findings support the need for further improvement of grandparents’ feeding knowledge and practices as part of tackling childhood obesity.

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“…In line with earlier research, our study also found that grandparents play an important role in the care of young children and have a significant influence on the parents’ lifestyle-related practices [ 47 , 48 ]. Several studies have described that the extended family exerts an influence on the eating habits of infants, such as the introduction and the amount of solid food, supporting parents in finding an approach to healthy lifestyle behaviors for their children [ 27 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 ]. Our study also found that grandparents are influential in the eating habits of children.…”

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Parental Perspectives and Experiences in Relation to Lifestyle-Related Practices in the First Two Years of a Child’s Life: A Qualitative Study in a Disadvantaged Neighborhood in The Netherlands

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et al. 2020

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The first two years of a child’s life are a critical period in preventing several lifestyle-related health problems. A qualitative study was conducted to explore parental experiences and perspectives in relation to lifestyle-related child-rearing practices in order to minimize risk factors at an early stage. Data were collected through interviews (n = 25) and focus groups (n = 4) with parents of children aged 0–2 years, in a disadvantaged neighborhood in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Results showed that parents were often uncertain about a number of lifestyle-related practices. Ambiguity also appeared regarding the parents’ intentions to engage in certain practices and what they were able to achieve in everyday life. In addition, parents experienced strong sociocultural influences from their family, which interfered with their ability to make their own decisions on lifestyle-related practices. Parents also expressed a need for peer-support and confirmation of their practices. Future studies should focus on supporting parents in their parental practices during the first two years of their child’s life. Any such study should take into account the specific sociocultural context accompanying lifestyle-related parental practices.

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“…It has also been shown that children in single parent families, reconstituted families, or without parents are more likely to have unhealthy eating habits (26). Interestingly, the presence of grandparents simultaneously prioritize healthy foods and may help in feeding while at the same time introduce food treats which are usually found to be unhealthy (27).…”

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An Overview of the Sociological and Environmental Factors Influencing Eating Food Behavior in Canada

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This review extensively discusses various socio environmental factors affecting eating behavior of the general public within Canada including the development and implementation of national policies. A framework representing the determinants of healthy eating can be grouped into four categories i.e., the individual determinants, the economic environment, the social environment and the physical environment. This framework allowed for addressing food insecurity and social economic ecosystem of Canadians. Lastly, we investigate the role in which biotechnology plays in improving food security and addresses the significant impact biotechnology has contributed toward on agriculture and the food market. Overall, this review using such sources as Web of Science, Pub Med and Scopus provides significant contribution toward understanding the social economic environment and eating behavior of people living in Canada. In conclusion, this has led to identify a research gap as there is a significant need to address the development and implementation of policies in the food and nutrition environment.

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Exploring the Role of Grandparents in the Feeding of Grandchildren Aged 1–5 Years

Cited by 30 publications

References 25 publications

Feeding-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Grandparents in Singapore

Feeding-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Grandparents in Singapore

Parental Perspectives and Experiences in Relation to Lifestyle-Related Practices in the First Two Years of a Child’s Life: A Qualitative Study in a Disadvantaged Neighborhood in The Netherlands

An Overview of the Sociological and Environmental Factors Influencing Eating Food Behavior in Canada

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