Picky eating in children: causes and consequences

Taylor, Caroline M; Emmett, Pauline M

doi:10.1017/s0029665118002586

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“…One strategy to help facilitate the introduction of novel foods to children is to serve all family members the same meal [ 52 ]. Whether aimed at ensuring children eat, mitigating conflict at the meal, or minimizing food waste, parents often provide an alternative meal consisting of preferred foods to children who engage in fussy eating behaviors [ 51 , 53 ]. This practice reduces the likelihood that children will try novel foods and may reinforce picky eating [ 52 ].…”

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Parent Feeding Practices in the Context of Food Insecurity

Arlinghaus

Laska

2021

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The process of feeding is complex and highly dependent on parent, child, social, and environmental factors. Given the rising rates of food insecurity and concomitant poor nutrition and health, the purpose of this article was to outline the important and complex ways in which the context of food insecurity can impact parent feeding practices. Key factors discussed here include the impact of food insecurity on: expectations for motherhood, structural constraints, stress and depression, parents’ perceptions of health and child weight, and intergenerational transmission of parent feeding practices. Future research needs are also identified and discussed.

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Section: Structural Constraints Impact Parent Feeding Practicesmentioning

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Parent Feeding Practices in the Context of Food Insecurity

Arlinghaus

Laska

2021

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“…The prevalence is higher in preschool children and seems to disappear up to seven years (Steinsbekk et al 2017). The development of PE can be caused by factors such as pressure to eat, practices and parental styles of feeding, short time or absent breastfeeding, the introduction of complementary foods before six months or late introduction of foods that require chewing (Taylor et al 2019). For these children, the meal is not pleasurable, which causes them to eat slowly, to stir the food a lot, and to be satiated more quickly.…”

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“…For these children, the meal is not pleasurable, which causes them to eat slowly, to stir the food a lot, and to be satiated more quickly. As a consequence, these children are subject to small variety and imbalance in diet and low intake of some important micronutrients such as iron and zinc (Taylor et al 2019).…”

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Anaemia is a global health problem, whose development is influenced by several factors. Helicobacter pylori infection is among the factors associated with anaemia. Long term interruption of malaria transmission in the highland area of Kipsamoite led to an increase of haemoglobin levels in some few individuals. However, there are still reported cases of low Hb levels associated with anaemia. In studies that have been done on the role of H. pylori infections on anaemia, researchers hold varied views on whether or not H. pylori infections play a role in iron deficiency anaemia. This study investigated the association between H. pylori infections and anaemia in children aged 5-15 years in Western highland region of Kenya. The study adopted a case-control design and purposive sampling technique was used in selection of subjects. Haemoglobin levels and H. pylori occurrence were measured and entered into Microsoft excel. These data was summarized into descriptive statistics. Chisquare was used in hypotheses testing. A total of 105 participants were enrolled, 35 were cases and 70 were the controls. The mean haemoglobin level was found to be statistically significantly (p<0.00), haemoglobin of cases was lower (11.05 ± 1.726) than that of controls (13.01±1.897). The proportion of anaemic children among the cases was 77.1% (27) while the non-anaemic were 22.9% (8). The Chi-square showed positive statistical significant difference (p<0.05) between cases and controls. The study concluded that there was a great association between H. pylori infection and occurrence of anaemia in Western region of Kenya.

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“…Picky eating has been also associated with children's lower dietary quality and nutrient intake, and therefore negatively impacts their overall nutritional status [1,4,7]. A narrative review examining picky eating in children aged 6 months-15 years of predominantly cross-sectional studies (23/38 studies, n = 32-9599) from the USA, UK and Europe reported that picky eating was most consistently associated with lower intake of vegetables (10/13 studies) [1].…”

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“…Environmental factors such as child-feeding practices (how parents feed their child), specifically "pressure to eat" (coercing the child to eat specific amounts or types of foods), has been associated with the child exhibiting picky eating behaviour [7,15]. Whether picky eating is an antecedent to or a consequence of pressure to eat is unclear [15,16].…”

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The Environmental and Bitter Taste Endophenotype Determinants of Picky Eating in Australian School-Aged Children 7–12 years—A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study Protocol

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Byrne

Love

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Caregivers’ perceptions of children’s pickiness are relatively scarce in relation to the five core food groups and their importance in providing a nutritionally balanced diet. Furthermore, there is no validated questionnaire that examines child-reported food preferences in an age-appropriate manner, and the use of terms such as a “picky eater” can be attributed to environmental and genetic factors. Despite potential links between children’s food preferences and endophenotype bitter taste, associations between bitter taste sensitivity and picky eating is relatively unexplored. The proposed cross-sectional study aims to develop and validate a parent-reported core-food Picky Eating Questionnaire (PEQ) and child-reported Food Preference Questionnaire (C-FPQ) and simultaneously investigate environmental and phenotype determinants of picky eating. The study will be conducted in three stages: Phase 1, piloting PEQ and C-FPQ questionnaires (15–20 primary caregivers and their children aged 7–12 years); Phase 2 and 3, validating the revised questionnaires and evaluating the 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) bitter taste sensitivity to examine perception to bitter taste (369 primary caregivers and their children). Study findings will generate new validated tools (PEQ, C-FPQ) for use in evidence-based practice and research and explore picky eating as a behavioural issue via the potential genetic-phenotype basis of bitter taste sensitivity.

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Picky eating in children: causes and consequences

Abstract: Picky eating is a common behaviour in early childhood.

Cited by 98 publications

References 66 publications

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The Environmental and Bitter Taste Endophenotype Determinants of Picky Eating in Australian School-Aged Children 7–12 years—A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study Protocol

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