The Correlation with Mother's Eating Habits to Dietary Education of Their Preschool Children.

Yamaguchi, Shizue; Haruki, Toshi; Harada, Akira

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“…Some studies conducted in other countries reported that picky eating was related to food intake [20]. A study conducted in Japan in 1998 reported that the nutritional education approach involving children and parents cooking together improved the dietary habits of children [21]. Although later studies demonstrated increased motivation for food intake owing to the parent cooking together with school-aged children [22, 23], few studies addressed early childhood.…”

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Parent–child cooking meal together may relate to parental concerns about the diets of their toddlers and preschoolers: a cross-sectional analysis in Japan

Ishikawa

Eto

Miyoshi

et al. 2019

Nutr J

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BackgroundParents often have concerns about the food habits of their young children. Cooking is a frequent behavior related to dietary activities at home. We hypothesized that “a parent cooking meals together with young children might alleviate dietary concerns.” The aim of this study was to identify the relationship between parental cooking practices (e.g., cooking meals together with the child) and diet-related concerns.MethodsData were extracted from the “National nutrition survey on preschool children” conducted among nation-wide households with toddlers and preschoolers in 2015 by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. Parents were classified into two groups comprising those who cooked meals together with their children and those who did not. The following variables were compared: taking too much time to eat (slow eaters), “picky” eating (eating only certain foods), inconsistent food intake (eating too much or too little), playing with food/utensils while eating, preferring sweetened beverages and snacks over meals, eating too fast to chew well, not swallowing food, disinterested in eating, and spitting out food. The associations between parent–child cooking meals together and the concerns pertaining to the child’s dietary habits and food intake were analyzed and compared between the two groups.ResultsThe concerns of “picky eating” and “playing with food/utensils while eating” were lower, while “eating too much” was higher in the parent-cooking together group. The intake frequency of fish, soybeans/soy products, vegetables, and milk among children were higher in the “cooking together” group than among those in the “not cooking together” group. Children in the “cooking together” group consumed a significantly greater variety of foods than those in the “not cooking together” group.ConclusionsCooking a meal together with a child may be related to the parent’s lower concerns about the dietary habits of the child, including “picky eating” and “playing with food/utensils while eating,” but may also be related to the higher concerns of “eating too much.”Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12937-019-0480-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Parent–child cooking meal together may relate to parental concerns about the diets of their toddlers and preschoolers: a cross-sectional analysis in Japan

Ishikawa

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Miyoshi

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Nutr J

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Life Skills-based Nutrition Education

Haruki¹

2007

J. Integr. Stud. Diet. Habis

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After the implementation of the Fundamental Law of Nutrition Education, specific items for"instruction in nutrition"were incorporated in school education; this was the beginning of health and nutrition education in schools. Reports on the eating habits of youth indicate that they have an unbalanced diet; they prefer western food and dislike vegetables. They are unhealthy because they eat irregularly, i.e., they skip breakfast, or eat alone. It has been confirmed that eating breakfast is related to sleep and wakeup times, appetite in the morning, attitude toward the importance of breakfast, self -esteem, social skills, and good nutrition behavior among family members.Life skills that according to the WHO are an essential part of the health education of young people can build self -esteem. The life skills comprise: decision -making skills that involve the ability to identify problems, obtain information, and predict results; goal -setting skills that involve the ability to set an attainable goal, achieve and practice it; communication skills; and stress -management skills.We developed and popularize a Life skills -based nutrition education program for children. The aim of this program was to modify the unhealthy eating behavior of skipping breakfast and consuming unhealthy snacks. Children are taught to prepare snacks by themselves and plan a healthy breakfast; they are also taught to brainstorm, roleplay, and case studies in order to gain and strengthen their life skills. Thus, the children develop healthy behavior through repetitive training and can learn to solve problems by themselves in real life. It is believed that this learning helps children strengthen their self -efficacy by teaching them to find solutions by themselves to

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Guardians’ involvement in the diet of nursery school children

Goto¹,

Suzuki²,

Satō³

et al. 2007

J. Integr. Stud. Diet. Habis

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In order to provide a sound diet for nursery school children and also find measures for alleviating the burdens on guardians in charge of cooking meals, the authors surveyed the guardians' involvement in the diet of nursery school children. A questionnaire survey was conducted, targeting 1,653 guardians of nursery school toddlers attending 18 facilities in the Miyagi Prefecture. 985 guardians answered the questionnaire(collection rate: 59.6) , and 980 guardians were analyzed(effective collection rate: 59.3). The author first classified the nursery school children into the Junior Group and the Senior Group, and conducted an analysis, and then obtained the following results : 1) For both groups, more than 95 of the mothers were in charge of cooking the meals, but the ratio of fathers who cook meals was 19.3 for the Junior Group

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The Correlation with Mother's Eating Habits to Dietary Education of Their Preschool Children.

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Parent–child cooking meal together may relate to parental concerns about the diets of their toddlers and preschoolers: a cross-sectional analysis in Japan

Parent–child cooking meal together may relate to parental concerns about the diets of their toddlers and preschoolers: a cross-sectional analysis in Japan

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Guardians’ involvement in the diet of nursery school children

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