Parental feeding styles and adolescents’ healthy eating habits. Structure and correlates of a Costa Rican questionnaire

Monge‐Rojas, Rafael; Smith-Castro, Vanessa; Colón‐Ramos, Uriyoán; Garita-Arce, Carlos; Sánchez-López, Marta; Chinnock, Anne

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2010.06.010

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“…These findings confirm previous studies that highlighted how eating patterns are influenced by family members, indicating that food decision-making within the family unit is a multidimensional process [67]. The findings further confirm studies showing that adolescent intake of fast food is positively correlated with parents who attempt to directly control access to and intake of food [68]. Here, our findings on knowledge and food practice were contradictory, indicating that while immigrant youth tend to develop a taste for fast food and “easy food,” they also develop a greater awareness that fruits and vegetables are healthier options than what is frequently consumed.…”

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confidence: 90%

A focus group study of healthy eating knowledge, practices, and barriers among adult and adolescent immigrants and refugees in the United States

Tiedje

Wieland

Meiers

et al. 2014

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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BackgroundImmigrants and refugees to the United States exhibit lower dietary quality than the general population, but reasons for this disparity are poorly understood. In this study, we describe the meanings of food, health and wellbeing through the reported dietary preferences, beliefs, and practices of adults and adolescents from four immigrant and refugee communities in the Midwestern United States.MethodsUsing a community based participatory research approach, we conducted a qualitative research study with 16 audio-recorded focus groups with adults and adolescents who self-identified as Mexican, Somali, Cambodian, and Sudanese. Focus group topics were eating patterns, perceptions of healthy eating in the country of origin and in the U.S., how food decisions are made and who in the family is involved in food preparation and decisions, barriers and facilitators to healthy eating, and gender and generational differences in eating practices. A team of investigators and community research partners analyzed all transcripts in full before reducing data to codes through consensus. Broader themes were created to encompass multiple codes.ResultsResults show that participants have similar perspectives about the barriers (personal, environmental, structural) and benefits of healthy eating (e.g., ‘junk food is bad’). We identified four themes consistent across all four communities: Ways of Knowing about Healthy Eating (‘Meanings;’ ‘Motivations;’ ‘Knowledge Sources’), Eating Practices (‘Family Practices;’ ‘Americanized Eating Practices’ ‘Eating What’s Easy’), Barriers (‘Taste and Cravings;’ ‘Easy Access to Junk Food;’ ‘Role of Family;’ Cultural Foods and Traditions;’ ‘Time;’ ‘Finances’), and Preferences for Intervention (‘Family Counseling;’ Community Education;’ and ‘Healthier Traditional Meals.’). Some generational (adult vs. adolescents) and gender differences were observed.ConclusionsOur study demonstrates how personal, structural, and societal/cultural factors influence meanings of food and dietary practices across immigrant and refugee populations. We conclude that cultural factors are not fixed variables that occur independently from the contexts in which they are embedded.

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confidence: 90%

A focus group study of healthy eating knowledge, practices, and barriers among adult and adolescent immigrants and refugees in the United States

Tiedje

Wieland

Meiers

et al. 2014

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

109

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“…Friends, advertising, and promotion of commercial products such as soft drinks, sugary and salty foods, chips, and fast foods all affect negatively the eating habits of adolescents [12]. On the other hand, as providers, models, and regulators, parents try to reduce the negative effects of these factors by imbuing healthy eating habits in their children [18]. In this study, adolescents' total HEI-2005 scores increased in parallel with parental education level, and their relationship was found to be statistically significant when age- and gender-adjusted.…”

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Evaluation of dietary quality of adolescents using Healthy Eating Index

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The aim of this study was to use the Healthy Eating Index-2005 (HEI-2005) to assess diet quality and determine the relationship between the HEI-2005 and the energy and nutrient intakes of adolescents. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 1,104 healthy adolescents, mean age of 15.8 ± 1.24 years. Dietary intake was measured with the 24-hour dietary recall method, and dietary quality was assessed by means of the HEI-2005. Diet quality scores ranged from 23.7 to 77.5. The mean score was found to be 51.5 ± 9.07 according to the HEI-2005. There were no differences according to gender; 42.8% had a poor diet and 57.2% had a diet that needs improvement. No subjects had a "good diet". Lower mean subgroup scores were found for whole grains, total vegetables, total fruits, dairy products, and meat and beans. Fruits and vegetables scores were significantly high in girls, whereas sodium, oil, and meat and beans scores were significantly high in boys. Total HEI-2005 scores were increasingly associated with parental education level when age and gender were adjusted. There was a negative correlation between HEI-2005 scores and age, total energy intake, and fat intake. Positive correlation was only observed in the HEI-2005 scores for protein and dietary fibre intakes. Consequently, the overall diet quality and nutritional habits of Turkish adolescents need modification and improvement. In the family, measures should be initiated by the government, including advertisements and campaigns.

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“…Parent's emotional feeding was assessed using The Parent Feeding Style Questionnaire (PFSQ; Wardle, Sanderson, Guthrie, Rapoport, & Plomin, 2002), which is among the most widely used PFSQs (Braden et al, 2014;Carnell & Wardle, 2007a;Clark et al, 2008;Damiano, Hart, & Paxton, 2016;Lo, Cheung, Lee, Tam, & Keung, 2015;Matheson et al, 2015;Monge-Rojas et al, 2010;Rodgers et al, 2013Rodgers et al, , 2014Saxton, Carnell, van Jaarsveld, & Wardle, 2009;Steinsbekk et al, 2016;Tate, Trofholz, Rudasill, Neumark-Sztainer, & Berge, 2016;Wardle et al, 2002;Yilmaz, Erkorkmaz, Ozcetin, & Karaaslan, 2013) and the only measure capturing emotional feeding in school-aged children (Vaughn, Tabak, Bryant, & Ward, 2013). The PFSQ shows good testretest reliability and is validated in different cultures (Ozcetin, Yilmaz, Erkorkmaz, & Esmeray, 2010;Tam, Keung, Lee, Lo, & Cheung, 2014).…”

Section: Parent's Emotional Feedingmentioning

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Emotional Feeding and Emotional Eating: Reciprocal Processes and the Influence of Negative Affectivity

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Emotional eating, that is, eating more in response to negative mood, is often seen in children. But the origins of emotional eating remain unclear. In a representative community sample of Norwegian 4-year-olds followed up at ages 6, 8, and 10 years (analysis sample: n = 801), one potential developmental pathway was examined: a reciprocal relation between parental emotional feeding and child emotional eating. The results revealed that higher levels of emotional feeding predicted higher levels of emotional eating and vice versa, adjusting for body mass index and initial levels of feeding and eating. Higher levels of temperamental negative affectivity (at age 4) increased the risk for future emotional eating and feeding.

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Parental feeding styles and adolescents’ healthy eating habits. Structure and correlates of a Costa Rican questionnaire

Cited by 22 publications

References 56 publications

A focus group study of healthy eating knowledge, practices, and barriers among adult and adolescent immigrants and refugees in the United States

A focus group study of healthy eating knowledge, practices, and barriers among adult and adolescent immigrants and refugees in the United States

Evaluation of dietary quality of adolescents using Healthy Eating Index

Emotional Feeding and Emotional Eating: Reciprocal Processes and the Influence of Negative Affectivity

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