2010
DOI: 10.1177/1363459309357267
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Being a ‘good mother’: Dietary governmentality in the family food practices of three ethnocultural groups in Canada

Abstract: In this qualitative study with three ethnocultural groups in two regions of Canada, we explore how official dietary guidelines provide particular standards concerning 'healthy eating' that marginalize other understandings of the relationship between food and health. In families where parents and youth held shared ways of understanding healthy eating, the role of 'good mother' was constructed so as to include healthy eating expertise. Mothers expressed a perceived need to be personally responsible for providing… Show more

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“…Consistent with previous research, this study found women pursued the ideal of the good mother by assuming primary responsibility for using food to raise healthy and happy children (Parsons, 2016;Ristovski-Slijepcevic et al, 2010;Slater et al, 2011). It also found mothers responding to the construct of the "flawed consumer" (Power, 2005, p. 651) by attempting to be good consumers and, when this was not possible, to be undemanding food program participants.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 79%
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“…Consistent with previous research, this study found women pursued the ideal of the good mother by assuming primary responsibility for using food to raise healthy and happy children (Parsons, 2016;Ristovski-Slijepcevic et al, 2010;Slater et al, 2011). It also found mothers responding to the construct of the "flawed consumer" (Power, 2005, p. 651) by attempting to be good consumers and, when this was not possible, to be undemanding food program participants.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 79%
“…Parsons (2016) likewise sees the good mother as prioritizing health and time expenditure (e.g., cooking from scratch) in food practices. Similarly, Ristovski-Slijepcevic et al (2010) see the good mother as pressured to safeguard her children's health through the adoption of dietary guidelines that represent a narrow cultural interpretation of healthy eating. Dominant foodwork standards of motherhood reflect a middle-class orientation that furthers their unattainability for mothers living on low incomes (Cairns & Johnston, 2015;Parsons, 2016).…”
Section: Household Foodworkmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…For example, compared with the INDIVIDUAL‐based approach, the TEAM‐based approach appeared to generate nearly double the increase in diet quality, but exhibited fewer improvements in weight loss. Although the cause of this variable effect is unknown, one potential explanation could be that the TEAM‐based intervention tied into mother‐daughter communications that have been traditionally practiced, such as recipe sharing and food preparation . Weaker than expected effects within the TEAM‐based approach for other outcomes may have been due to the lack of intensive skill training in areas of active listening, requesting assistance, and providing optimal support …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Finally, "healthy eating" 1 may be employed as a marker of social class (Crawford, 2006;Ristovski-Slijepcevic et al, 2010). In Eastern Scotland, healthy eating was a major focus for middle-class parents' scrutiny of teen diets; cooking from scratch and avoiding prepared foods were priorities (Wills et al, 2011).…”
Section: Food As a Site Of Class Distinctionsmentioning
confidence: 99%