Counselling parents on young children's healthy diet: A modified scoping review

Fagerlund, Bettina Holmberg; Helseth, Sølvi; Owe, Jenny; Glavin, Kari

doi:10.1111/jocn.13892

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“…15 Therefore, dietary counseling should likely to be directed toward the dietary habits of the whole family, not only that of the child. 50 Similarly to the current study's findings, a high maternal education has previously been linked with good dietary habits in children, 10,12,13,51,52 possibly since parents with a lower educational level may have less nutritional knowledge, 53,54 thus potentially limiting the recommended food choices they offer to their children.…”

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Parental and Child Factors Associated With 2- to 6-Year-Old Children’s Diet Quality in Finland

Koivuniemi¹,

Gustafsson²,

Mäkelä³

et al. 2022

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 67%

Parental and Child Factors Associated With 2- to 6-Year-Old Children’s Diet Quality in Finland

Koivuniemi¹,

Gustafsson²,

Mäkelä³

et al. 2022

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

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“…Bringing about new insights within a chosen context of practice is typical of the interpretive description approach. In a recent literature review, no previous studies reflecting our study's aim and objective were found (Holmberg Fagerlund et al, 2017). Analysing data, one may draw inspiration from specific interpretive techniques (Thorne, 2016).…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Anticipatory guidance from the CHC on what the individual parents can expect regarding the development and feeding of their child might influence healthier child feeding habits (Daniels, Mallan, Nicholson, Battistutta, & Magarey, 2013;French et al, 2012). Based on this knowledge, the authors of a recent literature review argued that future studies should evaluate how healthcare providers like PHNs perform appropriate and consistent nutrition counselling in preventive healthcare settings (Holmberg Fagerlund, Helseth, Owe, & Glavin, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

Parental experience of counselling about food and feeding practices at the child health centre: A qualitative study

Fagerlund

Helseth

Glavin

2019

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Aims and objectives To investigate how parents experience counselling about food and feeding practices and the use of a communication tool about diet at the child health centre. Background Food‐related counselling is a key element in parents’ consultations with public health nurses at child health centres. Public health nurses possess limited strategies and tools for addressing nutritional issues, especially in the context of client diversity. Design An interpretive description approach, fulfilling the COREQ checklist criteria. Methods Individual interviews performed between January 2017–May 2017 among parents (n = 12) of children (mean age 28 months) who had been exposed to a communication tool about diet, in regular child health centre consultations with their child. These consultations were included in clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov.: Identifier: NCT02266953). Results Counselling using the communication tool about diet was primarily based on the public health nurse presenting images of healthy food choices. After infancy, consultations sometimes became more time‐pressured, inhibiting parents from asking questions related to the child's diet. The parents who had questions related to food allergy or breastfeeding of their child sometimes experienced limited support. Some parents felt overwhelmed with information about healthy food choices if their child's diet differed from the recommendations presented. Conclusions The parents’ existing expectations and needs had an impact on their satisfaction in relation to their perceptions of nutritional counselling. The use of the communication tool about diet to promote a two‐way dialogue instead of providing one‐way dietary information might be particularly useful in consultations for parents who do not follow customary recommendations. Relevance to clinical practice If the diet of the family differs from what is recommended, parents often experience limited support at the child health centre. Promoting a two‐way dialogue in consultations using a communication tool about diet could help parents in their concerns related to feeding their child.

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“…Early life and the transition to family foods therefore represent a significant opportunity to establish a foundation of positive eating behaviors, if parents can be supported to nurture positive food parenting practices, such as encouraging children to listen to their body cues around hunger and satiety. However, parents often feel confused and uncertain about “how” to promote eating behaviors to their young children [ 5 , 6 ]. The field of public health nutrition has long focused on increasing parents’ food literacy, as a pathway to improve positive feeding practices in parents and healthy eating patterns in children [ 7 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

What Factors Predict the Use of Coercive Food Parenting Practices among Mothers of Young Children? An Examination of Food Literacy, Disordered Eating and Parent Demographics

Norton

Parkinson

Harris

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Parents have the most significant influence on the development of young children’s eating patterns. Understanding what parental factors best predict specific negative feeding practices is important for designing preventive interventions. We examined the relationship between parents’ use of coercive food parenting practices (pressure to eat and restriction) and parents’ disordered eating, food literacy, Body Mass Index (BMI) and socio-economic status (SES). Adult mothers, with a mean age of 33 years, at least one child aged between 6 months and 5 years and living in Australia (n = 819) completed an online questionnaire. Regression models were used to examine predictors of pressure to eat and restriction, respectively. Although the amount of variance accounted for by the models was small, maternal eating disorder symptoms were found to be the most important predictor of coercive food parenting practices. This finding has implications for early nutrition education, which has traditionally focused heavily on nutrition literacy. Parental disordered eating may be a more important preventive target and thus including behavioral strategies for positive feeding practices may better assist mothers in promoting positive eating habits with their children, rather than traditional approaches that aim to increase nutrition literacy.

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Counselling parents on young children's healthy diet: A modified scoping review

Abstract: Due to inconsistent recommendations and omitted focus on anticipatory counselling on child feeding, parents might perceive pressure and uncertainty related to the child's diet.

Cited by 10 publications

References 36 publications

Parental and Child Factors Associated With 2- to 6-Year-Old Children’s Diet Quality in Finland

Parental and Child Factors Associated With 2- to 6-Year-Old Children’s Diet Quality in Finland

Parental experience of counselling about food and feeding practices at the child health centre: A qualitative study

What Factors Predict the Use of Coercive Food Parenting Practices among Mothers of Young Children? An Examination of Food Literacy, Disordered Eating and Parent Demographics

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