Picky eating in preschool children: The predictive role of the child's temperament and mother's negative affectivity

Hafstad, Gertrud Sofie; Abebe, Dawit; Torgersen, Leila; Soest, Tilmann von

doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2013.04.001

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“…Haszard et al (2014)) and the Child Behaviour Checklist (Richman & Graham, 1971) (e.g. Cardona Cano et al, 2015;Hafstad et al, 2013) are also in recent use, as are studyspecific measures (e.g. Jani Horst et al, 2014).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Unwillingness to eat familiar foods or try new foods, severe enough to interfere with daily routines to an extent that is problematic to the parent, child, or parentechild relationship (Lumeng, 2005, cited in Ekstein et al, 2010. Consumption of an insufficient amount or inadequate variety of food through rejection of food items (Hafstad et al, 2013). Limited number of food items in the diet, unwillingness to try new foods, limited intake of vegetables and some other food groups, strong food preferences (likes/dislikes), and special preparation of foods required (Horst, 2012;Horst et al, 2014).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Picky eating appears to affect girls and boys equally (Moroshko & Brennan, 2013), but the presence of siblings seems to be protective against the development of picky eating, as does greater maternal age (Hafstad, Abebe, Torgersen, & von Soest, 2013). Maternal healthy eating behaviour has been associated with lower child food fussiness (Gregory, Paxton, & Brozovic, 2010).…”

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Picky/fussy eating in children: Review of definitions, assessment, prevalence and dietary intakes

Wernimont²,

et al. 2015

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Picky eating (also known as fussy, faddy or choosy eating) is usually classified as part of a spectrum of feeding difficulties. It is characterised by an unwillingness to eat familiar foods or to try new foods, as well as strong food preferences. The consequences may include poor dietary variety during early childhood. This, in turn, can lead to concern about the nutrient composition of the diet and thus possible adverse health-related outcomes. There is no single widely accepted definition of picky eating, and therefore there is little consensus on an appropriate assessment measure and a wide range of estimates of prevalence. In this review we first examine common definitions of picky eating used in research studies, and identify the methods that have been used to assess picky eating. These methods include the use of subscales in validated questionnaires, such as the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire and the Child Feeding Questionnaire as well as study-specific question(s). Second, we review data on the prevalence of picky eating in published studies. For comparison we present prevalence data from the UK Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) in children at four time points (24, 38, 54 and 65 months of age) using a study-specific question. Finally, published data on the effects of picky eating on dietary intakes (both variety and nutrient composition) are reviewed, and the need for more health-related data and longitudinal data is discussed.

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Picky/fussy eating in children: Review of definitions, assessment, prevalence and dietary intakes

Wernimont²,

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“…This age group was purposefully selected as the focus for our study, as fussy eating has been shown to decline after the age of 4 years (5,25) . 'Feeding concerns related to fussy eating' were classified as parents expressing difficulties feeding solid foods, as opposed to breast milk or formula.…”

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What’s the fuss about? Parent presentations of fussy eating to a parenting support helpline

Harris

Ria-Searle

Jansen

et al. 2018

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To characterise parent presentations of fussy eating and mealtime interactions at a point of crisis, through analyses of real-time recordings of calls to a parenting helpline. Design: Qualitative analysis included an inductive thematic approach to examine clinical parent presentations of fussy eating and derive underlying themes relating to mealtime interactions. Setting: Calls made to the Child Health Line regarding feeding concerns were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Subjects: From a corpus of 723 calls made during a 4-week period in 2009, twelve were from parents of children aged 6-48 months. Results: Parents of infants (≤12 months, n 6) presented feeding concerns as learning challenges in the process of transitioning from a milk-based to a solidbased diet, while parents of toddlers (13-48 months, n 6) presented emotional accounts of feeding as an intractable problem. Parents presented their child's eating behaviour as a battle (conflict), in which their children's agency over limited intake and variety of foods (child control) was constructed as 'bad' or 'wrong'. Escalating parent anxiety (parent concern) had evoked parent non-responsive feeding practices or provision of foods the child preferred. Conclusions: Real-time descriptions of young children's fussy eating at a time of crisis that initiated parents' call for help have captured the highly charged emotional underpinnings of mealtime interactions associated with fussy eating. Importantly, they show the child's emerging assertion of food autonomy can escalate parents' emotional distress that, in the short term, initiates non-responsive feeding practices. The current study identifies the importance of educational and emotional support for parents across the period of introducing solids.

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“…Longitudinal studies identified family factors 2,14 or maternal negative emotionality 15 as precursors of persisting feeding problems, however, these were all based on parent selfreports rather than direct observations of mother-infant interaction. We are aware of two prospective studies that observed maternal sensitivity and feeding problems over time, one of Apart from parenting characteristics, individual child characteristics are important for the development of feeding problems.…”

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Associations Between Feeding Problems and Maternal Sensitivity Across Infancy: Differences in Very Preterm and Full-Term Infants

Bilgin

Wolke

2017

J Dev Behav Pediatr

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Objectives: To determine the influence of maternal sensitivity on infant feeding problems in very preterm/very low birth weight (VP/VLBW) and full-term (FT) infants.Methods: Longitudinal study of 178 infants (73 VP/VLBW and 105 FT). Feeding problems and maternal sensitivity were assessed at term, 3 and 18 months. A cross-lagged path model was tested to assess the longitudinal associations.Results: The direction of the association between maternal sensitivity and feeding problems differed among VP/VLBW and FT infants. In VP/VLBW infants, higher feeding problems at term and 3 months were associated with less maternal sensitivity at 3 months (β = -0.27, p < 0.05) and at 18 months (β = -0.36, p < 0.05), respectively. In FT infants, a reciprocal relationship of feeding problems and maternal sensitivity over time was found. Feeding problems at 3 months were associated with decreased maternal sensitivity at 18 months (β = -0.32, p < 0.05) while decreased maternal sensitivity at 3 months was related to increased feeding problems at 18 months (β = -0.25, p < 0.05).Conclusions: Feeding problems are frequent in VP/VLBW infants and subsequently are associated with poorer maternal sensitivity. In FT infants, poorer levels of maternal sensitivity were both predicted by feeding problems but also were associated with more feeding problems over time.Keywords: feeding, maternal sensitivity, preterm birth, infancy. 2 INTRODUCTIONFeeding problems are a major concern during infancy and toddlerhood with a prevalence rate of approximately 20% to 30%. 1 The earlier the onset of these problems, the more severe and persistent the consequent eating problems tend to be. Parent-infant relationships have most often been studied in those referred for feeding problems.11 The observed maladaptive interactions in such dyads may be the result of the feeding problems 12,13 and do not allow any conclusions that these have been their precursors.Longitudinal studies identified family factors 2,14 or maternal negative emotionality 15 as precursors of persisting feeding problems, however, these were all based on parent selfreports rather than direct observations of mother-infant interaction. We are aware of two prospective studies that observed maternal sensitivity and feeding problems over time, one of which revealed no longitudinal influence of maternal sensitivity on feeding problems at 10 months and 2 years of age; 16 the other study showed that maternal mind-mindedness at 6 months, which may predict maternal sensitivity, was related to positive feeding behaviors at 1 year of age. 9 There is thus a surprising lack of prospective cross-lagged designs to disentangle the currently unclear direction of associations between infant feeding problems and maternal sensitivity over time. This study investigated, firstly, whether VP/VLBW infants have more feeding problems in infancy compared to FT infants and whether there are any differences in between the groups in maternal sensitivity. Secondly, the direction of the association between maternal sen...

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Picky eating in preschool children: The predictive role of the child's temperament and mother's negative affectivity

Cited by 80 publications

References 9 publications

Picky/fussy eating in children: Review of definitions, assessment, prevalence and dietary intakes

Picky/fussy eating in children: Review of definitions, assessment, prevalence and dietary intakes

What’s the fuss about? Parent presentations of fussy eating to a parenting support helpline

Associations Between Feeding Problems and Maternal Sensitivity Across Infancy: Differences in Very Preterm and Full-Term Infants

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