Mothers’ Perceptions and Attitudes towards Children’s Vegetable Consumption—A Qualitative, Cross-cultural Study of Chilean, Chinese and American Mothers Living in Northern California

Estay, Karinna; Kurzer, Amalie; Guinard, Jean‐Xavier

doi:10.3390/foods10030519

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“…The attitudes of mothers in the feeding process of their children help the child to develop food liking and to gain self-feeding skills. These acquired skills can affect the healthy eating behavior, growth and weight of the child later in life (3,16,25). For this reason, it is necessary to determine the positive or negative attitudes of mothers that affect the weight and eating habits of children during the eating process (17,18).…”

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“…Nutrition is a process that is based on mutual communication between the child and the mother and is shaped by reactions. The most important factor affecting children's feeding behavior is mother's attitudes (19,25,26). In this study, it was determined if the difference between mothers' MASFP mean scores and such descriptive characteristics as age, family type, educational status, etc.…”

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“…Evaluation of Children's BMI; defined by the United States of America National Center for Health Statistics and approved by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization (WHO), international standard indicators related to BMI were used to evaluate the BMI of Children (23)(24)(25). BMI was calculated using the formula Weight [kg]/Height2 [m2].…”

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Evaluation of Maternal Attitudes Towards The Nutrition of Pre-School Children

CENGİZ

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2023

Acibadem Univ Saglik Bilim Derg

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Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the attitudes of mothers with pre-school children towards child nutrition and to determine the relationship between these attitudes of mothers and the children's body mass index (BMI). Methods: This descriptive study was conducted with mothers of children aged 4-6 years in kindergartens. The data were collected by using the Mother Descriptive Characteristics Form, Child Descriptive Characteristics Form" and " Mother’s Attitudes Towards the Feeding Process Scale (MATFPS). BMI (kg/m2) of all children was determined. Results: In the study, MATFPS total mean score of mothers with pre-school children was 60.09±17.60, and mothers' attitudes towards the feeding process were at a good level. MATFPS mean score of mothers of children with a birth weight of 1000-2000 grams was statistically significantly higher than those with a birth weight of 2001-3000, 3001-4000 and 4001-5000 grams (p

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Evaluation of Maternal Attitudes Towards The Nutrition of Pre-School Children

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Akça

2023

Acibadem Univ Saglik Bilim Derg

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“…Therefore, it is necessary to identify eating behaviours associated with childhood obesity and cultivate healthy eating habits when a child is in the preschool stage. However, the association of eating behaviours with childhood obesity has been reported to vary across ages, parents and cultural environments (17)(18)(19). Majority of similar research population samples are mainly from Europe, North America, and mega cities of China (14,20).…”

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Analysis of association between eating behaviours and childhood obesity among pre-school children: A cross-sectional study

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Dai

et al. 2023

Front. Pediatr.

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BackgroundChildhood obesity is a worldwide critical health concern. We aimed to clarify whether eating behaviours increased the risk of childhood obesity.MethodsWe recruited 2,049 pre-school children aged 3–6 years between 1 December 2021 and 31 January 2022 in Taizhou, China. Children's weight status was classified according to the International Obesity Task Force criteria, and their eating behaviours were evaluated using the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire. Correlation analyses, linear regressions, and one-way ANCOVA. were performed to analyse the association between children's eating behaviours and weight status.ResultsIn ‘Food Avoidant' subscales, the scores of satiety responsiveness (P < 0.001) and slowness in eating (P = 0.001) were negatively associated with body mass index z score among pre-school children of both sexes. In ‘Food Approach’ subscales, the score of enjoyment of food was positively associated with body mass index z score in both boys (P = 0.007) and girls (P = 0.035), but the association of scores of food responsiveness with body mass index z score was found only in girls (P = 0.001).ConclusionOur results supported that pre-school children with low scores in ‘Food Avoidant’ subscales and high scores in ‘Food Approach’ scales were more likely to become obese.

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“…With complementary feeding, parents begin to influence their child’s food choices also acting as models [ 16 ]. Estay et al [ 17 ] explored cross-cultural variables involved in children’s vegetable consumption through the analysis of mothers’ perceptions, attitudes, and feeding practices regarding their children’s intake. Independently of cultural background, mothers agreed on the importance of children’s vegetable consumption, the influence that mothers have over their children’s vegetable intake, and how challenging it is to encourage children to eat a variety of vegetables.…”

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