What influences mothers’ snack choices for their children aged 2–7?

Damen, Femke W.M.; Luning, Pieternel A.; Fogliano, Vincenzo; Steenbekkers, Bea

doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.12.012

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“…No differences in the number of value conflicts appear between mothers with different educational levels. This result was unexpected, as previous analyses on this dataset revealed that higher educated mothers showed more health‐conscious snack giving behaviour compared with lower educated mothers (Damen, Luning, et al, ). Moreover, others (Bargiota, Delizona, Tsitouras, & Koukoulis, ; Durão et al, ; Emmett & Jones, ; Gevers et al, ; Saldiva et al, ; van Ansem, van Lenthe, Schrijvers, Rodenburg, & van de Mheen, ; Vilela et al, ) also found higher educated mothers to be more health‐conscious compared with lower educated mothers.…”

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“…Mothers of first‐born children reported more value conflicts in the diary study but not in the interviews. Previous research showed that mothers of first‐born children are more careful regarding the healthiness of the snacks they provide (Damen, Luning, et al, ). Also, Brekke, van Odijk, and Ludvigsson () and Smith, Emmett, Newby, and Northstone () showed that mothers of first children behave more health‐conscious compared with mothers of subsequent children.…”

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“…Usually, mothers would like to make the best choices for their child, and therefore, they could experience difficulties and feelings of doubt (Fielding‐Singh, ; Gram, Hohnen, & Pedersen, ; Johnson, Sharkey, Dean, Alex McIntosh, & Kubena, ; Machín, Giménez, Curutchet, Martínez, & Ares, ). In fact, mothers wish to combine healthy food choices, with their child's taste preferences (Boak et al, ; Carnell, Cooke, Cheng, Robbins, & Wardle, ; Damen, Luning, Fogliano, & Steenbekkers, ; Walsh et al, ; Wijtzes et al, ), two values that often conflict (Luomala et al, ). To which extent value conflicts occur in snack choice has not yet been studied.…”

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Value conflicts in mothers' snack choice for their 2‐ to 7‐year‐old children

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Value conflicts appear when people experience struggles, doubts, and feelings of guilt when making food choices. This study aims to provide insight into value conflicts, which mothers may experience while providing snacks to their young children.Mothers are mainly responsible for providing the snacks their young children eat, making it a big responsibility for them as children's dietary behaviour tracks into adulthood. Possible value conflicts Dutch mothers (n = 136) experience while providing snacks to their 2-to 7-year-old children were investigated using food and motivation diaries and semi-structured interviews. Differences between mothers' educational level, first versus not-first child, and the differences in age of the children were taken into account. Results showed that the younger the children, the more value conflicts the mothers experienced. Mothers experienced most value conflicts when they provided snacks perceived as unhealthy. Six main value conflicts are elicited by this study, namely, conflicts between healthy and unhealthy snacks; conflicts between healthy and convenient snacks; conflicts related to providing snacks just before dinner; conflicts related to influence of others; conflicts when the child asks but the mother says "no"; and conflicts related to many unhealthy snacks at parties or visits. The insights gained in this study can be used for interventions to promote a healthier lifestyle, support the design of new snack products, and can give guidance for marketing challenges in global snack markets. KEYWORDS children's dietary behaviour, diary research, food choice, healthy snack, interview, value conflict

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“…Therefore, parenting styles and practices as used by mothers are important to consider when focusing on young children's dietary and snacking behavior. In addition, a mother's choice to provide a snack is less determined beforehand compared to choices concerning main meals, since a snack is mostly chosen on the eating moment itself (Damen et al, 2019b), while the main meal is often planned before (Fay et al, 2011;Wilkinson et al, 2013). Therefore, the provision of snacks could be determined by parenting strategies and parental choices to a greater extent than to main meals.…”

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“…In the current study, data from the CGPQ was combined with data from extensive diary research on mothers' snack giving behavior to their children aged 2-7 years (Damen et al, 2019b) to investigate possible associations.…”

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Baby, children, and adult biscuits. Differences in nutritional quality and naturalness

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Sánchez‐Siles

2023

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This study examined and compared the nutritional quality and degree of naturalness between baby biscuits (<3 years), children biscuits (>3 years), and adult biscuits. Mintel's Global New Products Database was searched for “Baby Biscuits & Rusks” and “Sweet Biscuits/Cookies” (re)launched between July 2019 and July 2022 in four European countries (Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom), which resulted in 1280 products to be analyzed. Nutritional quality was measured by means of nutrient values per 100 g, and baby biscuits were assessed for compliance with the World Health Organization's latest Nutrient and Promotion Profile Model (NPPM). Degree of naturalness was measured using the food naturalness index (FNI). Baby biscuits had the best nutritional quality and were the most natural as compared to children and adult biscuits, but their energy density and sugar content require further attention. Nutritional quality was comparably poor in children and adult biscuits, and children biscuits were the least natural of the three groups. The NPPM requirements of not adding any free sugar at all to baby biscuits may drive parents to purchase alternative sweeter biscuits originally formulated and meant for children and adults. Reasonable regulations are needed to support product (re)formulations and to improve the current market food offer for babies and children.

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What influences mothers’ snack choices for their children aged 2–7?

Cited by 44 publications

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Value conflicts in mothers' snack choice for their 2‐ to 7‐year‐old children

Value conflicts in mothers' snack choice for their 2‐ to 7‐year‐old children

As a mother, I prefer to give a healthy snack, however... : Mothers’ considerations and value conflicts while providing snacks to their 2-7-year-old children

Baby, children, and adult biscuits. Differences in nutritional quality and naturalness

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