Intergenerational Family Conversations and Decision Making about Eating Healthfully

Kaplan, Matthew; Kiernan, Nancy Ellen; James, Lynn

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2006.02.010

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“…Our findings suggest that connections to the storytelling network do not encourage the consumption of fruits and vegetables. Only family interaction was related to fruit and vegetable consumption, reinforcing conclusions from prior research that family holds a special position with regard to influencing health attitudes and behaviors (Christensen, 2004;Fisher et al, 2002;Holland et al, 1996;Kaplan et al, 2006).…”

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“…For example, Laroche and colleagues (2009) found that children help parents manage their diabetes by reminding them to eat healthfully and encouraging them to exercise. While parents usually make final decisions about food purchases (Forthun & Kaplan, 2008), children are central to family decision-making about purchases, edible and otherwise (Chavda, Haley, & Dunn, 2005;Kaplan et al, 2006;Palan & Wilkes, 1997). Kaplan and colleagues' (2006) study of intergenerational communication revealed that even casual conversations between children, parents, and grandparents encouraged healthy eating.…”

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Communication Resources for Obesity Prevention Among African American and Latino Residents in an Urban Neighborhood

Wilkin

Katz

Ball‐Rokeach

et al. 2015

Journal of Health Communication

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African Americans and Latinos are at disproportionately high risk for obesity and for the chronic conditions and diseases associated with it. This study uses communication infrastructure theory to explore how connections to neighborhood communication resources and communication with family members can affect residents' regular exercise and healthy eating behaviors-two of the most direct strategies for achieving or maintaining a healthy weight. Regression analyses revealed that connections to the neighborhood storytelling network and family interaction predicted residents' regular exercise and that family interaction had the strongest effect on the likelihood of exercising regularly. Family interaction was the only independent variable that predicted residents' daily intake of fruits and vegetables. Implications of these findings for community health programs and theory development are discussed.

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Communication Resources for Obesity Prevention Among African American and Latino Residents in an Urban Neighborhood

Wilkin

Katz

Ball‐Rokeach

et al. 2015

Journal of Health Communication

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“…Although parental influence can shape and change children's eating behaviours in a range of ways (Lindsay et al 2006), parents often view themselves as poorly equipped to encourage healthier eating patterns within the family (Kaplan et al 2006). One challenge therefore for health promotion initiatives is to facilitate changes in eating behaviours at the level of the family rather than the individual.…”

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“…Although the social and cultural environments of eating are of course important (see e.g. Fieldhouse 1995;Rozin 1996), family structures and patterns provide, in large part, the micro contexts within which meanings of food and eating practices are negotiated and developed (Kaplan et al 2006;Macintyre et al 1998). Parents therefore can influence children's eating patterns in a range of ways, including attitudes to food selection (Alderson and Ogden 1999;Macaux 2001), availability or nonavailability of certain foods (Fisher and Birch 1999;Fisher et al 2002;Morton et al 1999;Wardle et al 2003) and context and manner of food presentation (Batsell et al 2002;Birch et al 1980;Campbell and Crawford 2001).…”

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The Select Committee Report on Obesity (2004): The significant omission of parental views of their children's eating

McVittie

Hepworth

Schilling

2008

Critical Public Health

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Many studies have reported increasing levels of obesity and overweight in children. Recent policy developments have examined a range of influences on children's eating habits but have left largely unexamined the role of parents in general and mothers in particular. In this study we examined mothers' understandings of healthy eating and of their influence on their children's eating patterns. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine mothers of children aged between 4 and 12 years of age. Interviewees displayed knowledge of recommended eating practices for their children but distinguished this knowledge from actual eating practices. Avoidance of negative social perceptions, pleasure in eating and opportunities for fast food were regarded as more important than eating in accordance with recommended nutritional guidelines. Moreover, the food choices made were viewed as positive alternatives to eating based on nutritional balance. These views pose a challenge for policy initiatives to address obesity and excess weight in children. Future initiatives should have increased regard for the everyday contexts within which children's eating patterns are understood and justified.

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“…For example, studies have shown that child feeding styles of parents that are either too controlling or too relaxed with child feeding can result in less healthful child dietary choices and weight status [15,16]. In one study of multiple generation households, both parents and grandparents expressed concern over their children and grandchildren’s unhealthful eating practices, and used multiple strategies to get family members to eat healthfully, but there was a lack of communication between all three generations at times concerning healthful nutrition behaviors [17]. …”

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Nutrition-Related Practices and Attitudes of Kansas Skipped-Generation(s) Caregivers and Their Grandchildren

Higgins

Murray

2010

Nutrients

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Despite growing numbers, the nutrition practices and attitudes of skipped–generation(s) kinship caregivers regarding feeding the dependent children in their care have not been examined. In this qualitative study, transcriptions of semi-structured interviews with 19 female and four male skipped-generation(s) Kansas caregivers (ages 47 to 80, 92% non-Hispanic whites, 83% female, 78% grandparents and 22% great-aunt or great–grandparent caregivers; caring for a range of one to four children, ages three to 18, for an average of nine years) were content analyzed for how their nutrition-related practices and attitudes had changed since parenting the first time. Sub-themes regarding practices included: being more nutrition and food safety conscious now, and shifting their child feeding style. The children seemed to be adversely affected by an on-the-go lifestyle and the use of more electronics. Caregivers described their sources for child feeding advice as being based mostly on information from their mothers, physicians, and their past parenting experiences. Sub-themes for attitudes included opinions that nutrition and safe food handling are important and that nutritious food is expensive. They preferred printed or video nutrition education materials and wanted to receive information through organizations they trusted. This population could benefit from education on: infant, child, adolescent, and sports nutrition; feeding “picky eaters”; healthful recipes, “fast foods” and packaged foods; quick, inexpensive meals and snacks low in fat, sugar, and salt; limiting sedentary time; family meals; using food thermometers; and intergenerational gardening and cooking.

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Intergenerational Family Conversations and Decision Making about Eating Healthfully

Cited by 51 publications

References 15 publications

Communication Resources for Obesity Prevention Among African American and Latino Residents in an Urban Neighborhood

Communication Resources for Obesity Prevention Among African American and Latino Residents in an Urban Neighborhood

The Select Committee Report on Obesity (2004): The significant omission of parental views of their children's eating

Nutrition-Related Practices and Attitudes of Kansas Skipped-Generation(s) Caregivers and Their Grandchildren

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