A Review of Family and Social Determinants of Children’s Eating Patterns and Diet Quality

Patrick, Heather; Nicklas, Theresa A.

doi:10.1080/07315724.2005.10719448

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“…Participants reported providing information around healthy eating and allowing children to make choices within negotiated parameters (sub construct of “nutrition education” and “reasoning”) and the designation of some food items as “treats” only to be eaten at certain places or occasions (sub theme of “limited/guided choices”). In a review of relevant literature, Patrick and Nicklas (2005) argued that children’s eating habits are influenced by environmental and social influences and call for researchers to develop interventions which target factors relating specifically to children’s preferences, food availability and accessibility, parent’s beliefs and attitudes, modelling and mealtime structures. Moreover, parents’ behaviour relating to feeding their children is associated with cultural norms (Nowicka, Sorjonen, Pietrobelli, Flodmark, & Faith, 2014) Again, these findings have resonance with a number of findings described in this study, and a number of sub constructs identified in Vaughn et al’s (2016) taxonomy of food parenting practices.…”

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Providing healthy diets for young children: the experience of parents in a UK inner city

Goldthorpe

Ali

Calam

2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Objectives: There is a consistent body of evidence to demonstrate that obesity in very early childhood tends to continue into adolescence and through to adulthood. Parental practices in relation to food can have an effect on this trajectory, however existing studies reporting on interventions for treating obesity suggest there is a need to involve populations from demographically diverse backgrounds childhood obesity research. Design/Methods: A qualitative study was carried out using semi-structured interviews with parents in a deprived inner city area. Results: Although parents had good intentions towards providing a health diet for their chidren, a number of barriers emerged. Findings were reported in relation to the following themes: information and education; barriers (having a child with special needs, children’s food preferences and using food to promote desirable behaviour) and techniques (household rules & routines, setting limits and parameters, modelling and food preparation). Conclusion: Parents and carers would benefit from targeted interventions based on improving techniques around food parenting practices, with a focus on equipping parents with the skills to overcome barriers encountered not only in early childhood, but as children progress to school age and through to adolescence.

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Providing healthy diets for young children: the experience of parents in a UK inner city

Goldthorpe

Ali

Calam

2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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“…The dietary quality of an individual may be affected by a multiplicity of factors, such as food availability, preferences, household environment, and socioeconomic status [35,36]. …”

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Relationship between agricultural biodiversity and dietary diversity of children aged 6-36 months in rural areas of Northern Ghana

Saaka

Osman

Hoeschle‐Zeledon

2017

Food & Nutrition Research

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In this study, we investigated the relationship between agricultural biodiversity and dietary diversity of children and whether factors such as economic access may affect this relationship.This paper is based on data collected in a baseline cross-sectional survey in November 2013.The study population comprising 1200 mother-child pairs was selected using a two-stage cluster sampling. Dietary diversity was defined as the number of food groups consumed 24 h prior to the assessment. The number of crop and livestock species produced on a farm was used as the measure of production diversity. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to identify predictors and test for interactions.Whereas the average production diversity score was 4.7 ± 1.6, only 42.4% of households consumed at least four food groups out of seven over the preceding 24-h recall period. Agricultural biodiversity (i.e. variety of animals kept and food groups produced) associated positively with dietary diversity of children aged 6–36 months but the relationship was moderated by household socioeconomic status. The interaction term was also statistically significant [β = −0.08 (95% CI: −0.05, −0.01, p = 0.001)].Spearman correlation (rho) analysis showed that agricultural biodiversity was positively associated with individual dietary diversity of the child more among children of low socioeconomic status in rural households compared to children of high socioeconomic status (r = 0.93, p < 0.001 versus r = 0.08, p = 0.007). Socioeconomic status of the household also partially mediated the link between agricultural biodiversity and dietary diversity of a child’s diet.The effect of increased agricultural biodiversity on dietary diversity was significantly higher in households of lower socioeconomic status. Therefore, improvement of agricultural biodiversity could be one of the best approaches for ensuring diverse diets especially for households of lower socioeconomic status in rural areas of Northern Ghana.

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“…Although we did not specifically assess the hours of daily work of the parents, it could be hypothesized that self-employed and private employees in Greece have longer work schedules, keeping them outside the home. This is probably associated with the time dedicated to nutritional guidance and education of the child, as well as both the quality and quantity of the child's diet (15)(16)(17) .…”

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Socio-economic and demographic determinants of childhood obesity prevalence in Greece: the GRECO (Greek Childhood Obesity) study

Farajian

Panagiotakos

Risvas

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Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: Given the rapid increase in the prevalence of childhood obesity, identifying the sociodemographic influences on obesity status is important for planning and implementing effective prevention initiatives. However, this type of data is limited for Greek children. Therefore the aim of the present study was to identify possible sociodemographic factors associated with childhood obesity at the national level. Design: Cross-sectional, population-based survey, carried out from October to May 2009. Setting: Under the context of the GRECO (Greek Childhood Obesity) study, a nationwide sample of 2315 primary-school children. Subjects: Children aged 10-12 years and their parents were voluntarily enrolled. Direct anthropometric measurements of the children were obtained and information on sociodemographic characteristics of the parents, as well as their self-reported values of body weight and height, were collected. Results: Overweight and obesity prevalence was 29?5 % and 13?1 %, respectively, among boys; 29?5 % and 9?0 %, respectively, among girls. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that the most important sociodemographic predictors of childhood obesity were mother's age, parental BMI classification and father's type of occupation. More specifically, increased mother's age and normal BMI status of the parents seemed to have a protective effect on the likelihood of having an overweight/obese child. Additionally, the odds of a female child of being overweight/obese were reduced when the father's type of occupation tended to be less manual. Conclusions: Anti-obesity health policy interventions have to address to the parents and promote their active involvement, to effectively confront the alarming magnitude of the paediatric obesity problem in Greece.

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A Review of Family and Social Determinants of Children’s Eating Patterns and Diet Quality

Cited by 921 publications

References 100 publications

Providing healthy diets for young children: the experience of parents in a UK inner city

Providing healthy diets for young children: the experience of parents in a UK inner city

Relationship between agricultural biodiversity and dietary diversity of children aged 6-36 months in rural areas of Northern Ghana

Socio-economic and demographic determinants of childhood obesity prevalence in Greece: the GRECO (Greek Childhood Obesity) study

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