Perceptions of the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide: a qualitative study with parents from Southwestern Ontario

Leme, Ana Carolina Barco; Laila, Amar; Hou, Sophia; Fisberg, Regina Mara; W.L., David; Fisberg, Mauro; Haines, Jess

doi:10.1139/apnm-2021-0414

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“…Plant-based proteins, dairy products, and HPF were the most notable sources of confusion. Increasing children's knowledge of the protein foods group, which now includes plant-based proteins and dairy products, is particularly important because previous qualitative research indicated that some parents were unclear on which foods contain plant-based proteins (Barco Leme et al 2022). As parents play an influential role in their children's food knowledge and diets (Atik and Ertekin 2011;Hart et al 2002;Stewart et al 2006;Wijayaratne et al 2020), public health efforts should focus on increasing knowledge of healthy plant-based protein foods among both children and parents (Barco Leme et al 2022;Olfert et al 2019).…”

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“…While previous research has examined adults' perceptions (Vanderlee et al 2015) and parents' perceptions (Anderson et al 2015;Barco Leme et al 2022;Patel and Mannion 2021), there is a paucity of research exploring children's perceptions of the 2019 CFG and its revised recommendations. Parents play a critical role in determining children's food knowledge and practices, making it valuable to explore parental perceptions of CFG in the family or home context (Wijayaratne et al 2020;Zarychta et al 2021).…”

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Knowledge and perceptions of the 2019 Canada's Food Guide: a qualitative study with Canadian children

Zhang

Laila

Leme

et al. 2022

Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab.

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To support Canadians ages 2 years and older in improving their dietary intake, Health Canada released a revised Canada’s Food Guide (CFG) in 2019. This study aimed to explore the knowledge and perceptions of the 2019 CFG among children ages 9–12 years old from Southwestern Ontario. From September–November 2021, interviews were conducted with children by video conference. Thirty-five children (50% girls, 80% White; mean age 9.9 years) participated. Data were analyzed using a hybrid thematic approach with inductive and deductive analyses. Many children expressed a lack of knowledge on certain foods (i.e., plant-based proteins, whole grains, highly processed foods) that are highlighted in the CFG. Children also expressed confusion around food groups, including recommended proportions and categorization of some foods (e.g., dairy products, plant-based proteins). Children generally expressed positive perceptions regarding CFG and its eating habit recommendations, i.e., “Cook more often”, “Eat meals with others”, and “Enjoy your food”, and they suggested strategies to improve adherence to these recommendations, including providing children more responsibility and independence with food preparation tasks and minimizing family time conflicts. Children’s perceptions of the CFG can help inform public health policies and programmatic strategies designed to support children's food choices and eating habits.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Knowledge and perceptions of the 2019 Canada's Food Guide: a qualitative study with Canadian children

Zhang

Laila

Leme

et al. 2022

Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab.

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“…There is also an opportunity for a new universal school food program to address some of the criticism of the 2019 Canada's Food Guide concerning its challenges in reaching culturally diverse, racialized, and Indigenous populations with its dietary recommendations (Barco Leme et al, 2022;Duignan, 2019;Wilson & Shukla, 2020). Some observers were concerned that the Canada's Food Guide image of a "healthy plate" presented in the style of Euro-Western cuisine did not represent diverse understandings of nutrition, food cultures, or cuisines.…”

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2022

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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On our cover: Kanoa Dinwoodie (at right), the owner and operator of organic-certified Feral Heart Farm in Sunol, California, shows children how to properly harvest blackberries. Kanoa specializes in seed production and diasporic Asian crops. He participated in the "agroecology encounters" research described in author Antonio Roman-Alcalá's commentary in this issue, "Five practical strategies for those who work for food systems change."

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“…The release of the CFG-2019 elicited positive reactions (8, 9), but also raised concerns on nutrient adequacy. For example, preliminary modeling of eating patterns consistent with the CFG-2019 plate snapshot revealed that adherence may be insufficient to meet calcium and vitamin D requirements (10).…”

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Relationship between adherence to the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide recommendations on healthy food choices and nutrient intakes in older adults

Brassard

Chevalier

2023

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Background: Following Canada's food guide (CFG) recommendations should ensure adequate nutrient intakes for persons aged 2 years and more. Older adults have increased needs in certain nutrients and the extent to which adherence to CFG recommendations can help reduce inadequate nutrient intakes is unknown. Objective: To assess the relationship between adherence to CFG recommendations on healthy food choices and intake of key nutrients in adults 65 years and older from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) 2015 - Nutrition. Methods: Secondary analysis of data from 4,093 adults of the CCHS 2015 - Nutrition (mean age, 73.6 y, 54% females). Dietary intakes were measured using an interviewer-administered 24-hour dietary recall including one repeat in a subsample (42%). The National Cancer Institute multivariate method was used to estimate usual (i.e., long-term) dietary intakes. Adherence to CFG recommendations was measured using the Healthy Eating Food Index (HEFI)-2019 score. Simple linear and logistic regression models estimated the effect of increased HEFI-2019 score on usual nutrient intakes and the prevalence of inadequate nutrient intakes (i.e., below the estimated average requirements), respectively. Results: Compared with the prevalence of inadequate intakes at median HEFI-2019 score (46.4/80 points), a higher HEFI-2019 (+11 points) was associated with reductions in the prevalence of inadequate intakes of magnesium, vitamin B6, and protein (-19.8% [95%CI: -30.8, -8.9], -12.7% [95%CI: -22.5, -3.0], and -4.7% [95%CI: -9.4, -0.1], respectively). In contrast, data for higher HEFI-2019 scores were compatible with increased prevalence of inadequate intakes of folate, vitamin D, and calcium (4.0% [95%CI: -8.4, 16.3], 2.6% [95%CI: 1.1, 4.0], and 2.3% [95%CI: -3.0, 7.5], respectively). Conclusions: Based on dietary intakes of Canadian older adults in 2015, increasing the degree of adherence to CFG recommendations on healthy food choices may reduce nutrient intake inadequacy for most key nutrients except folate, vitamin D and calcium.

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Perceptions of the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide: a qualitative study with parents from Southwestern Ontario

Cited by 9 publications

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Knowledge and perceptions of the 2019 Canada's Food Guide: a qualitative study with Canadian children

Knowledge and perceptions of the 2019 Canada's Food Guide: a qualitative study with Canadian children

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Relationship between adherence to the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide recommendations on healthy food choices and nutrient intakes in older adults

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