Food neophobia across the life course: Pooling data from five national cross-sectional surveys in Ireland

Hazley, Daniel; Stack, Mairead; Walton, Janette; McNulty, Breige; Kearney, John

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2022.105941

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“…The Food Fussiness subscale of the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (87) was collected for all the participants, and food fussiness was found to be negatively correlated with both the quantity and the variety of vegetables consumed in all three countries. These findings corroborate previous reports that food fussiness is an important determinant of dietary quality during the preschool years (56)(57)(58)(59). Food fussiness peaks between 18 and 58 months of age (57), exactly the age range of children in our study, and has been shown to impact children's willingness to consume new and familiar foods including vegetables (56)(57)(58)(59).…”

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“…These findings corroborate previous reports that food fussiness is an important determinant of dietary quality during the preschool years (56)(57)(58)(59). Food fussiness peaks between 18 and 58 months of age (57), exactly the age range of children in our study, and has been shown to impact children's willingness to consume new and familiar foods including vegetables (56)(57)(58)(59). Despite the differing levels of vegetable intake (and variety of intake) between the children in each country, food fussiness levels were similar across the groups, corroborating the universality of fussy eating behaviour in children of this age.…”

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“…Food fussiness is thought to particularly impact vegetable acceptance because the bitter flavours and softer textures of vegetables render these less palatable than other foods (56). Food fussiness can occur in conjunction with food neophobia, the more common tendency to avoid new foods; both peak between 2 and 6 years of age (56)(57)(58)(59). There is some evidence that fussy eating is associated with gender.…”

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Parent, child, and environmental predictors of vegetable consumption in Italian, Polish, and British preschoolers

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This study compared the vegetable intake of preschool children from three European countries [Italy, Poland, and the United Kingdom (UK)] and explored the parent, child, and environmental factors that predicted intake in each country. A total of 408 parents of preschoolers (Italy: N = 61, Poland: N = 124, and UK: N = 225; child mean age = 32.2 months, SD = 9.47) completed an online survey comprising a set of standardised questionnaires. For all three countries, the questionnaires included measures of children’s vegetable intake (VegFFQ), child eating behaviour (CEBQ-FF), parents’ mealtime goals (FMGs), and sociodemographic questions about family background and environment. In the UK and Italy, additional questionnaires were used to assess child temperament (EAS-T) and parents’ feeding practices (CFPQ). The results showed that the number of child-sized portions of vegetables consumed per day varied significantly across countries; Polish children consumed the most (∼3 portions) and Italian children the least (∼1.5 portions). Between-country differences were seen in parents’ goals for family mealtimes; compared to Italian parents, Polish and UK parents were more motivated to minimise mealtime stress, increase family involvement in meal preparation, and share the same foods with family members. British and Italian parents also adopted different feeding practices; parents in the UK reported more use of healthy modelling behaviours and more use of foods to support their child’s emotion regulation. In terms of child factors, Italian children were reported to be more emotional and more sociable than British children. Analyses of the relationships between the parent, child, and environmental factors and children’s vegetable intake revealed both similarities and differences between countries. Negative predictors of vegetable intake included child food fussiness in the UK and Poland, child temperament (especially, shyness) in Italy, and the use of food as a reward and child emotionality in the UK. Positive predictors included the parental mealtime goal of ‘family involvement’ in the UK. These results highlight differences in the extent to which European preschoolers achieve recommended levels of vegetable intake, and in the factors that influence whether they do. The results suggest a need to develop healthy eating interventions that are adopted to meet the specific needs of the countries in which they are implemented.

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Parent, child, and environmental predictors of vegetable consumption in Italian, Polish, and British preschoolers

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Harvey³

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“…É através da ingestão dos alimentos corretos que o organismo recebe os nutrientes, vitaminas e minerais que precisa para manter seu funcionamento da melhor maneira, inclusive prevenindo contra doenças como anemia, obesidade, diabetes e várias outras. Hazley, et al, (2022) verificaram que usando dados de cinco pesquisas transversais nacionais na Irlanda, exploramos os níveis de neofobia alimentar em homens e mulheres com idades entre 1 e 87 anos. Além disso, avaliamos a influência de fatores sociodemográficos, amamentação e neofobia alimentar dos pais na neofobia alimentar.…”

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A influência da Neofobia Alimentar infantil no estado nutricional e suas repercussões na vida adulta

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Objetivo: O presente estudo tem como objetivo analisar as evidências científicas acerca da neofobia alimentar infantil, reunindo dados sobre a influência da neofobia alimentar infantil no estado nutricional e suas repercussões ao logo do tempo. Método: Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa da literatura onde foram selecionados artigos nas plataformas Google Scholar, BVS, PubMED, LIACS e SciELO no período de 2017 a 2022. Os critérios de inclusão utilizados foram artigos originais, indexados nas bases de dados selecionadas nos idiomas português e inglês. Os critérios de exclusão foram publicações de teses, monografias, anais de congressos e dissertações, que não tinham aderência à temática. Os descritores utilizados foram nos idiomas português “neofobia”, “neofobia alimentar”, “introdução alimentar”, “neofobia alimentar infantil”, “transtorno alimentar”, “nutrição infantil”, “hábito alimentar” e “preferência alimentar” e no idioma inglês “neophobia”, “food neophobia”, “introduction to feed”, “child food neofobia”, “eating disorders”, “infant nutrition”, “eating habits” and “Food preferences”. Conclusão: Desta forma, o presente estudo mostrou diferenças significativas em alguns domínios do comportamento alimentar entre as crianças e adolescentes das amostras apresentadas, no entanto, não foram encontradas diferenças em relação à neofobia alimentar. Os estudos mostraram que as crianças tiveram menor ingestão de frutas vermelhas, vegetais, legumes e peixes, como também, mostram o aumento e frequência do consumo de ervilha e feijão. A neofobia alimentar não existe apenas no Brasil, mas também em outros países e em diferentes idades, e podem repercutir ao longo da vida.

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“…FN has been investigated in several scenarios, such as in children [ 9 ], twins [ 6 ], adolescents [ 12 ], adult twins [ 13 ], adults [ 14 ], pregnant women [ 15 ], the elderly [ 16 ], and patients with celiac disease [ 17 ]; for specific foods [ 18 , 19 ]; and even during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 20 ]. The FN peak is in childhood, and there is a tendency of stabilization in adulthood [ 5 , 8 , 21 , 22 , 23 ]. All aspects related to food refusal may be worse in ASD due to its repetitive behavior and the reluctance to accept new issues or changes in routines [ 24 , 25 , 26 ].…”

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Food Neophobia in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Nationwide Study in Brazil

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Food neophobia (FN) is common among children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), potentially impairing their health and diet quality. This study aimed to investigate and classify the prevalence of FN among 4-to-11-year-old Brazilian children with ASD. This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed by applying online a validated instrument to identify FN in Brazilian children with ASD through their caregivers’ responses for a national prevalence of FN in this group. The final sample included 593 children with ASD, 80.1% of boys, with a mean age of 6.72 ± 2.31 years, and 83% having only ASD. Almost 75% (n = 436) of the children with ASD had high food neophobia scores. The fruit neophobia domain had the lowest prevalence of high neophobia (63.7%). No significant difference in FN (total, fruit, and vegetable domains) was found, considering gender and age. There was no statistical difference in FN (all domains) by the number of residents in the same household, income, or the caregivers’ educational level. FN did not decrease in older children with ASD. FN is a more complex problem, requiring a multidisciplinary trained team to face the problem.

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Food neophobia across the life course: Pooling data from five national cross-sectional surveys in Ireland

Cited by 38 publications

References 63 publications

Parent, child, and environmental predictors of vegetable consumption in Italian, Polish, and British preschoolers

Parent, child, and environmental predictors of vegetable consumption in Italian, Polish, and British preschoolers

A influência da Neofobia Alimentar infantil no estado nutricional e suas repercussões na vida adulta

Food Neophobia in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Nationwide Study in Brazil

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