Mother's Nutrition Knowledge and Children's Dietary Intakes

Variyam, Jayachandran N.; Blaylock, James R.; Lin, Biing‐Hwan; Ralston, Katherine; Smallwood, David M.

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“…For instance, the prevalence of anaemia in children in the United States of America has been reported as only 16% [1]. It is well known that the prevalence of anaemia rises with increasing poverty [24][25][26]. The high prevalence of anaemia in this study is therefore not surprising as Sudan is one of the poorest countries in the world.…”

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Prevalence of anaemia in preschool children in Karma Albalad area, Northern State, Sudan

Hussein

Mohamed

2014

East Mediterr Health J

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Anaemia is a major childhood health problem in developing countries. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the prevalence of anaemia, and some of its determinants, in preschool children in a rural village in the Northern State of Sudan. All children aged 3-6 years attending the 4 village kindergartens on the day of the study were enrolled. Demographic and socioeconomic data were collected using a questionnaire completed by parents, and blood samples were taken for haemoglobin measurement. Out of 163 children, 131 had anaemia (haemoglobin level < 11 g/dL), a prevalence of 80.4%. This figure is comparable to data from other developing countries. The prevalence of anaemia was not significantly associated with any of the studied demographic and socioeconomic factors (sex, economic status of the family, mother's literacy or family size) or health of the child (history of pica or number of attacks of malaria in the last year). A campaign to tackle this serious health issue is urgently needed.

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Prevalence of anaemia in preschool children in Karma Albalad area, Northern State, Sudan

Hussein

Mohamed

2014

East Mediterr Health J

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“…These results are similar to those found by El-Nmer et al [23] which showed a significant relationship between parental education level and nutrition knowledge score. According to Variyam et al [24] and Neuhouser et al [25], higher school education level is related to healthy eating habits and lowers the prevalence of overweight in children. A study by Akbari et al [26] showed that when parents are educated on nutrition and health issues they become knowledgeable on the causes and effects of overweight in their children, then they are likely to take action.…”

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Parental knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding overweight among preschool children in rural Zimbabwe

Mushonga¹,

Mujuru²,

Nyanga³

et al. 2017

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Parents have significant influence in the development of children's eating behaviour and food choices. Their knowledge and attitudes towards nutritional status play an important part in childhood growth, as parents become role models in shaping children's eating habits. The aim of this study was to assess parental knowledge and attitudes towards childhood nutritional status and evaluate the relationship between eating habits, knowledge and attitudes of parents. A cross-sectional study was conducted in five districts of Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe. A total of 241 parents of preschool children were selected using multi-stage sampling technique. Questionnaires were administered to parents who gathered at the selected primary schools in the Districts. Data was analysed using SPSS version 16 (2007) and MS Excel. Spearman's Coefficient Correlation at a 95% significance level was used to measure the strength of linear association between knowledge and attitude score as well as education level, gender and food consumption scores. Results showed that parents in Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe had a poor to moderate nutrition knowledge and understanding of the causes of overweight among preschool children. There was a significant association between education level of parents and nutrition knowledge scores attained (p = 0.028). Food consumption score was significantly associated with knowledge score (p = 0.008). Furthermore, 0.4% of the parents with good nutrition knowledge had acceptable food consumption scores. This study showed that most parents (83.4%) were knowledgeable about the concept of a balanced diet. However, this was not translated into practice as 72% of the parents had poor to borderline food consumption score. Nutrition gaps identified in this study included failure by parents to link skipping breakfast to overweight among children and that exclusive breast feeding contributes to weight reduction. Parents did not acknowledge that eating at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables is beneficial in maintaining healthy body weight and that being overweight is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus. The results further demonstrated that parents in the province require additional nutrition knowledge to help curb overweight among preschool children by giving appropriate nutritious foods.

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“…BMI was calculated using the standard equation: BMI 5 weight (kg)/[height (m)] 2 . Overweight and obesity were defined using age-and sex-specific cut-off points identified by Cole et al (33) using 1990 reference centiles, with underweight defined as in Cole et al (34) .…”

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Is maternal education level associated with diet in 10-year-old children?

Cribb

Jones

Rogers

et al. 2011

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To examine the associations between maternal education level and diet in 10-year-old children. Design: Three-day diet diaries (child completed with parental help) were collected. Height and weight were measured in research clinics. Maternal education level was derived from a questionnaire completed during pregnancy and classified into low, medium or high. One-way ANOVA was undertaken to compare maternal education groups for nutrient intakes and the Kruskal-Wallis test used for food consumption. Setting: Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), Bristol, UK. Subjects: Children (n 7474) who provided dietary data at age 10 years. Results: A large proportion (60 %) of the sample was classified as plausible reporters, with under-reporting accounting for 36 %. No clear differences were found for intakes of energy or macronutrients between maternal education groups for plausible reporters. However, there were marked differences in micronutrient intakes especially for vitamin C, retinol equivalents and folate, highlighting lower diet quality with lower maternal education level. Intakes of fruit and vegetables showed a positive gradient with increasing maternal education (57 % v. 79 % consumed fresh fruit in low and high educational groups, respectively). A trend towards higher intake in the lower educated group was shown for less healthy foods (meat pies P , 0?001; sausages, burgers and kebabs P , 0?001).Conclusions: The quality of children's diet at 10 years was related to maternal education level. Lower maternal education was associated with less healthy food choices that could be detrimental to health. Further research is needed to establish if these associations can be explained by other socio-economic factors.

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Mother's Nutrition Knowledge and Children's Dietary Intakes

Cited by 124 publications

References 18 publications

Prevalence of anaemia in preschool children in Karma Albalad area, Northern State, Sudan

Prevalence of anaemia in preschool children in Karma Albalad area, Northern State, Sudan

Parental knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding overweight among preschool children in rural Zimbabwe

Is maternal education level associated with diet in 10-year-old children?

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