Food Neophobia in Childhood Affects Dietary Variety

Falciglia, Grace; Couch, Sarah C.; Gribble, Laura Siem; Pabst, Stephanie; Frank, Robert

doi:10.1016/s0002-8223(00)00412-0

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“…The food preferences learned during childhood may persist into adulthood, as suggested, for example, by Vaarno et al (38) . This may explain why our data from adults showed similar associations to those previously found in children (14,19) . Compared with the average diet of food neophilics, the diet of food neophobics may not only include fewer vegetables but also more foods that are already preferred after a few exposures.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Indeed, the level of food neophobia varies widely from person to person in present-day populations (5,11,12) . Unsurprisingly, food neophobia restricts the variety of one's diet (13)(14)(15) , but the effects of neophobia on the consumed amounts of specific foods are less obvious. In children, however, several studies have shown that high food neophobia is associated with low consumption of fruit and vegetables (16)(17)(18)(19)(20) or specifically vegetables (2,21) .…”

Section: Food Neophobia Diet Quality Steps Study Vegetable Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Food neophobia associates with lower dietary quality and higher BMI in Finnish adults

Knaapila

Sandell

Vaarno

et al. 2014

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: Food neophobia has been associated with decreased consumption of vegetables mainly among children. We hypothesized that food neophobia in adults is also associated with lower overall dietary quality and higher BMI. Design: Data for the present cross-sectional analyses were derived from parents in a follow-up family study. Setting: The STEPS study, a longitudinal study of health and development of a cohort of children born in south-west Finland. Subjects: The parents, 1178 women (age 19-45 years, mean 32·2 years) and 1013 men (age 18-57 years, mean 34·1 years), completed a questionnaire at home when their child was 13 months old. The questionnaire included the Food Neophobia Scale (FNS; range 10-70), the Index of Diet Quality (IDQ; range 0-16) and a measure of fruit and vegetable consumption. At that time the participants' height and weight were also measured by a research nurse to calculate BMI. ) as tested by one-way ANOVA, with all P values <0·001 in women and <0·05 in men. The food neophobics followed a diet lower in nutritional quality than did the food neophilics, especially regarding vegetables. Conclusions: Food neophobia may complicate adaptation to dietary recommendations and predispose to overweight.

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Section: Food Neophobia Diet Quality Steps Study Vegetable Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Food neophobia associates with lower dietary quality and higher BMI in Finnish adults

Knaapila

Sandell

Vaarno

et al. 2014

Public Health Nutr.

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“…Another study of 7-year-old girls observed a significant inverse association between food neophobia and intake of vegetables (Galloway et al, 2003). The remaining study failed to find a significant association between food neophobia and intake of vegetables, as well as fruits among children aged around 10 years (Falciglia et al, 2000). If food neophobia decreases during late childhood (McFarlane and Pliner, 1997), the null association may be expected in this age group.…”

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confidence: 96%

Relationship of intake of plant-based foods with 6-n-propylthiouracil sensitivity and food neophobia in Japanese preschool children

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Background/Objectives: Diets rich in plant-based foods such as vegetables, fruits and soy foods have been suggested to have beneficial effects on health. However, phytochemicals contained in plant-based foods are generally bitter and acrid. We investigated whether intake of vegetables, fruits and soy foods is associated with sensitivity to bitterness and reluctance to eat new foods (food neophobia) in Japanese preschool children. Subjects/Methods: Subjects of this cross-sectional study were healthy Japanese, 167 boys and 156 girls, aged 4-6 years. Intake of vegetables, fruits and soy foods was estimated from 3-day dietary records. Subjects were classified as either tasters or nontasters of 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) based on their ability to taste 0.56 mmol/l PROP. Information on each child's age, height, weight, food neophobia status and food variety, as well as maternal diet and parental control over the child's eating, was obtained by a parent-administered questionnaire. Food neophobia was assessed using the Child Food Neophobia Scale (CFNS). Results: A high intake of vegetables was significantly associated with a low CFNS score in boys after controlling for covariates (P ¼ 0.0008). Among the boys, soy food intake was significantly higher in PROP non-tasters than in tasters, except those with low CFNS scores (P ¼ 0.0019). High intake of soy foods was significantly associated with a low neophobia score in PROP tasters but not in non-tasters (P ¼ 0.0024). Conclusions: These data suggest that sensitivity to bitter taste and food neophobia may influence the consumption of vegetables and soy foods among Japanese preschool boys.

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“…Both tendencies have been shown to apply across different food categories and to be stable over time (Pliner & Hobden, 1992). In line with the idea that these traits share a common source, food neophobics have been shown to include less variety in their diet than those without neophobia (Falciglia, Couch, Gribble, Pabst, & Frank, 2000).…”

Section: Personality Traitsmentioning

confidence: 69%

Genetic influences on dietary variety - Results from a twin study

et al. 2014

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A B S T R A C TThe heritability of variety seeking in the food domain was estimated from a large sample (N = 5,543) of middle age to elderly monozygotic and dizygotic twins from the "Virginia 30,000" twin study. Different dietary variety scores were calculated based on a semi-quantitative food choice questionnaire that assessed consumption frequencies and quantities for a list of 99 common foods. Results indicate that up to 30% of the observed variance in dietary variety was explained through heritable influences. Most of the differences between twins were due to environmental influences that are not shared between twins. Additional non-genetic analyses further revealed a weak relationship between dietary variety and particular demographic variables, including socioeconomic status, age, sex, religious faith, and the number of people living in the same household.

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Food Neophobia in Childhood Affects Dietary Variety

Cited by 252 publications

References 15 publications

Food neophobia associates with lower dietary quality and higher BMI in Finnish adults

Food neophobia associates with lower dietary quality and higher BMI in Finnish adults

Relationship of intake of plant-based foods with 6-n-propylthiouracil sensitivity and food neophobia in Japanese preschool children

Genetic influences on dietary variety - Results from a twin study

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