Parental feeding practices, food neophobia, and child food preferences: What combination of factors results in children eating a variety of foods?

Kaar, Jill L.; Shapiro, Allison; Fell, Donna M.; Johnson, Susan L.

doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2016.01.006

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“…The important role of caregivers in shaping proper eating habits in children has been confirmed in many scientific analyses [1-7, 11, 16, 17, 20, 31, 47, 52-67]. Children's eating attitudes are shaped by observation and imitation of behaviours and reactions of the surrounding people [1,3,4,7,11,13,17,20,21,31,52]. Harper and Sanders's study showed that children were much more likely to try an unknown food when at the same time their mothers also ate the product and reacted enthusiastically to it.…”

Section: Food Neophobia Determinantsmentioning

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“…It is also a common mistake for parents to impose their own taste preferences on their children, which manifests itself in refraining from giving children products that their caregivers do not like. This prevents the child from learning about various types of food and developing individual dietary preferences [3,4,7,11,17,31,40,47,52,62,67].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Food neophobia in children

Łoboś¹,

Januszewicz²

2019

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Eating habits are formed from the early childhood through experience gained from the contact with foods and as a result of observation of the environment. One of the feeding disorders, specific for the childhood, is food neophobia, defined as an attitude towards food, which manifests as a persistent reluctance to eat new foods, avoiding tasting unknown products and unwillingness to accept newly introduced flavours or unknown consistency of food. It should be differentiated from pickiness, which are a typical stage of children's development. Food neophobia is a significant problem from both psychological and dietary perspective. The mechanism conditioning the onset of food neophobia has not been fully understood. It can be determined by the combination of biological, psychological and environmental factors, which include: various genetic conditions, individual personality predispositions, the level of child's familiarity with the taste, the moment and the method of introducing new products and parents' attitude towards food. The health consequences of food neophobia refer mainly to the potential loss of benefits due to an imbalanced diet and reducing the consumption of products rich in valuable nutrients. The severity of food neophobia determines the way of feeding children, forming their eating habits for further life.

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Section: Food Neophobia Determinantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Food Neophobia Determinantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Food neophobia in children

Łoboś¹,

Januszewicz²

2019

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“…Early childhood is an important time for establishing healthy eating patterns,8 and the WHO has made increasing fruit and vegetable intake a global public health priority 9. It is therefore clear that helping parents to increase children’s fruit and vegetable intake is a public health responsibility of all health professionals involved with young children.…”

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Fifteen-minute consultation: The healthy child: “My child is a fussy eater!”

Levene

Williams

2017

Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed

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“…Muchos autores mencionan las verduras como uno de los grupos de alimentos con mayor rechazo (15,18) . Además, resaltan que la introducción de nuevos alimentos y la presión de los padres, crea neofobia alimentaria en los niños, es decir aversión a estos alimentos (19) .…”

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Estrategias usadas para alimentar a niños preescolares por madres de una zona urbano marginal de Lima, Perú

Delgado-Pérez

Liria-Domínguez

2016

Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica

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This study explored the strategies for feeding preschool-aged children used by mothers in a marginal urban area of Lima. This qualitative, grounded theory method-based study included 30 mothers who participated in 1 of 4 focus group sessions and/or 1 of 11 in-depth interviews. Previously recorded in-depth interviews and focus groups were transcribed to identify the final issues. The mothers' ages ranged from 22 to 42 years, and 60% had not completed a basic education. The children's ages ranged from 36 to 66 months. The following positive strategies were identified: a) feeding when hungry and b) management of feeding opportunities. The following negative strategies were also identified: a) forcing a child to eat and b) use of punishment or reward to encourage complete food consumption. In conclusion, the mothers in our study cohort employed both positive and negative strategies to encourage food consumption in their children.

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Parental feeding practices, food neophobia, and child food preferences: What combination of factors results in children eating a variety of foods?

Cited by 61 publications

References 45 publications

Food neophobia in children

Food neophobia in children

Fifteen-minute consultation: The healthy child: “My child is a fussy eater!”

Estrategias usadas para alimentar a niños preescolares por madres de una zona urbano marginal de Lima, Perú

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