Influence of Parental Healthy-Eating Attitudes and Nutritional Knowledge on Nutritional Adequacy and Diet Quality among Preschoolers: The SENDO Project

Romanos-Nanclares, Andrea; Zazpe, Itzíar; Santiago, Susana; Marín, Lucía; Rico-Campà, Anaïs; Martín‐Calvo, Nerea

doi:10.3390/nu10121875

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“…In our study, the higher education status was associated with better scores in nutrition knowledge, as already indicated previously [24,25]. Non-single status, the presence of children in families, and the presence of minors in families were items associated with higher knowledge, since the presence of a child often raises awareness about healthy lifestyles, including nutrition [24,27,28].…”

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Reliability and validity of a General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire for adults in a Romanian population

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Background Nutritional knowledge assessment is an important component in nutrition research, and a prerequisite for the implementation of many policies and programs aimed at improving eating behavior. In order to generate objective results, validated tools for a given population must be employed. The aim of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of a nutrition knowledge questionnaire for Romanian adults. Methods Kleimann's version of a General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire, was translated and adapted to Romanian language, culture, and cuisine. The final format was developed in several steps and used four components: internal and external reliability were assessed in a general population sample (n1 = 412), respectively in a subgroup (n2 = 46) from Component 1; Component 3 assessed construct validity (n3 = 96) using the "known-groups" method; Component 4 (convergent validity, n4 = 508) tested the association between socio-demographic characteristics and nutrition knowledge. Results The overall internal reliability was 0.878 and the external reliability was >0.880 in all sections, and overall. Specialists had higher scores than nonspecialists, with a very large effect size. In the general population, females scored higher than males, and middle-aged and older adults scored higher than young adults. Higher scores were associated with higher levels of education. The characteristics of individuals prone to giving wrong answers were: males (beta = 0.170), high school or less (beta = 0.167), and no training in nutrition (beta = 0.154). Conclusions The Romanian version of the General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire is a reliable and valid tool for measuring nutrition knowledge in adults.

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Reliability and validity of a General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire for adults in a Romanian population

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“…From the present study, it seems that their parents' knowledge affects adolescents' food choices and practices more than their own knowledge does. Similarly, parental knowledge regarding the daily recommended servings of many food groups, has previously been found to be positively associated with adequate average child intakes of dairy products, fruit, vegetables, grains and cereals and meat [20]. This might not be surprising, because parents play a pivotal role in the development of their child's energy intake habits (food preference, availability of energy-dense food, etc.)…”

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“…Parents play a key role in the food environment of their children [19]. Parental nutritional knowledge has previously been found to be positively associated with adequate intakes of dairy products, fruits, vegetables and meat, among their children [20]. However, the association between the parents' dietary adherence and knowledge and those of their children has not yet been studied in Lebanon.…”

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Development of Dietary Knowledge and Adherence Questionnaires for Lebanese Adolescents and Their Parents

Said

Gubbels

Kremers

2019

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The availability of practical tools to assess dietary knowledge and adherence is essential to evaluate the effectiveness of dietary interventions. The aims of this paper were to develop reliable dietary knowledge and adherence questionnaires, suitable for Lebanese adolescents and their parents, and to estimate the feasibility of conducting studies involving such participants in the school-based setting. Eight Lebanese high schools participated in this study (involving 220 adolescents aged 15–18 years). Self-administered dietary knowledge and adherence questionnaires (the Dietary Knowledge Questionnaire (DKQ) and the Dietary Adherence Questionnaire (DAQ), respectively) were completed by the high school students and their parents. A 24 h recall was additionally administered for the adolescents by a dietitian and a trained interviewer at school, in order to validate the adolescents’ answers in the DAQ. The cognitive interview method was used to qualitatively evaluate the questionnaires. The resulting Cronbach’s alpha ranged from 0.61 to 0.78 for the adolescent questionnaires and from 0.46 to 0.89 for the parental ones. In addition, 23 items (out of 25) of the adolescent DAQ matched with the administered 24 h recall. A significant negative correlation was found between the knowledge score (DKQ) and the unhealthy items of the adolescent DAQ. There was a significant positive correlation between the DKQ of the parents and the knowledge score of their children. This is the first study of dietary questionnaires involving Lebanese high school students from different regions, while also including their parents.

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“…Even without these tools, simple nutritional knowledge is associated with healthier diets in adults ( 16 , 17 ). Research on associations between parent knowledge and child dietary intake appears to be inconclusive ( 18 – 20 ), although parent nutrition knowledge has been shown to predict child knowledge ( 21 ). Younger children can be more influenced by their parents’ dietary knowledge than older children ( 19 , 22 ).…”

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Associations between Child and Parent Knowledge of Added Sugar Recommendations and Added Sugar Intake in Multiethnic Elementary-Aged Children

Justiz¹,

Landry²,

Asigbee³

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Current Developments in Nutrition

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Background A key goal of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015–2020 is to reduce added sugar intake by increasing public knowledge about added sugars. However, research has not shown if knowledge of added sugar recommendations is associated with intake. Objective To determine the relationship between parent and child knowledge of added sugar recommendations on added sugar intake in primarily low-income and Hispanic 3rd to 5th grade students. Methods Analysis examined baseline, cross-sectional data from TX Sprouts, a 1-year cooking, gardening, and nutrition clustered, randomized controlled trial. Participants were 685 parent-child dyads from 16 elementary schools in the greater Austin area. Parents and children completed a survey to assess knowledge of added sugar recommendations. Children completed two, 24-hour dietary recalls to assess average intake of added sugars. Mixed effects linear regression models were used to estimate associations between child and parent knowledge of added sugar recommendations and average total added sugar intake. Results Children who correctly identified the added sugar recommendation consumed lower amounts of added sugar compared to children who did not correctly identify the recommendation (34.8 ± 2.7 vs. 41.0 ± 2.5 grams, P = 0.003), after adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics. Parent knowledge of added sugar recommendations was not associated with child intake. Conclusions Child knowledge of added sugar recommendations was associated with lower intake of added sugars. Findings suggest that child nutrition education should focus on increasing knowledge of national recommendations. Future research should investigate a causal relationship between added sugar knowledge and intake in elementary-aged children.

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Influence of Parental Healthy-Eating Attitudes and Nutritional Knowledge on Nutritional Adequacy and Diet Quality among Preschoolers: The SENDO Project

Cited by 81 publications

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Reliability and validity of a General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire for adults in a Romanian population

Reliability and validity of a General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire for adults in a Romanian population

Development of Dietary Knowledge and Adherence Questionnaires for Lebanese Adolescents and Their Parents

Associations between Child and Parent Knowledge of Added Sugar Recommendations and Added Sugar Intake in Multiethnic Elementary-Aged Children

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