Values and value conflicts in snack providing of Dutch, Polish, Indonesian and Italian mothers

Damen, Femke W.M.; Hofstede, Gert Jan; Steenbekkers, Bea; Vitaglione, Paola; Pellegrini, Nicoletta; Fogliano, Vincenzo; Luning, Pieternel A.

doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2018.09.047

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“…In a study by Walsh et al () about how mothers make food choices for their preschool children, mothers frequently mentioned a lack of time to prepare healthy meals. Likewise, Damen et al (Damen et al, ) found that convenience is an important value for Dutch mothers and that they sometimes lack time to prepare healthy snacks for their children. Pettigrew and Roberts () reported that mothers feel guilty about their children's health and doubt about being a good mother, because of the convenient choices they made for main meals, which is in line with the value conflicts observed in the current study.…”

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Value conflicts in mothers' snack choice for their 2‐ to 7‐year‐old children

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Maternal & Child Nutrition

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Value conflicts appear when people experience struggles, doubts, and feelings of guilt when making food choices. This study aims to provide insight into value conflicts, which mothers may experience while providing snacks to their young children.Mothers are mainly responsible for providing the snacks their young children eat, making it a big responsibility for them as children's dietary behaviour tracks into adulthood. Possible value conflicts Dutch mothers (n = 136) experience while providing snacks to their 2-to 7-year-old children were investigated using food and motivation diaries and semi-structured interviews. Differences between mothers' educational level, first versus not-first child, and the differences in age of the children were taken into account. Results showed that the younger the children, the more value conflicts the mothers experienced. Mothers experienced most value conflicts when they provided snacks perceived as unhealthy. Six main value conflicts are elicited by this study, namely, conflicts between healthy and unhealthy snacks; conflicts between healthy and convenient snacks; conflicts related to providing snacks just before dinner; conflicts related to influence of others; conflicts when the child asks but the mother says "no"; and conflicts related to many unhealthy snacks at parties or visits. The insights gained in this study can be used for interventions to promote a healthier lifestyle, support the design of new snack products, and can give guidance for marketing challenges in global snack markets. KEYWORDS children's dietary behaviour, diary research, food choice, healthy snack, interview, value conflict

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Value conflicts in mothers' snack choice for their 2‐ to 7‐year‐old children

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“…The most frequently mentioned consideration of mothers to provide a snack to their young child was health. Likewise, previous studies identified health as an important food related value (Connors et al, 2001) and as driver of food choice by mothers (Walsh et al, 2015;Zobrist et al, 2018;Damen et al, 2019a). Child preference was another important motive for mothers to provide a snack.…”

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“…Child preference was another important motive for mothers to provide a snack. Studies of Evans et al (2011), Carnell et al (2011) Holsten et al (2012), and Damen et al (2019a) also demonstrated that children's preference affected mothers' food choice and selection of food for their children. However, the British mothers in the study by Moore et al (2010) did not mention preference of the child as a feeding goal.…”

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“…Besides, children younger than 8 years do not see the difference between foods and snacks (Contento, 1981). They mostly do not pick their snacks themselves, but get them from their caregiver, which are often the mothers (Blissett et al, 2006;Rosenkranz and Dzewaltowski, 2008;Walsch et al, 2015;Damen et al, 2019a). Therefore, parenting styles and practices as used by mothers are important to consider when focusing on young children's dietary and snacking behavior.…”

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“…In a study by Walsh et al (2015) about how mothers make food choices for their pre-school children, mothers frequently mentioned a lack of time to prepare healthy meals. Likewise, Damen et al (2019a) found that convenience is an important value for Dutch mothers, and that they sometimes lack time to prepare healthy snacks for their children. Pettigrew and Roberts (2007) reported that mothers feel guilty about their children's health and doubt about being a good mother, because of the convenient choices they made for main meals, which is in line with the value conflicts observed in the current study.…”

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Article 25fa states that the author of a short scientific work funded either wholly or partially by Dutch public funds is entitled to make that work publicly available for no consideration following a reasonable period of time after the work was first published, provided that clear reference is made to the source of the first publication of the work.This publication is distributed under The Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) 'Article 25fa implementation' project. In this project research outputs of researchers employed by Dutch Universities that comply with the legal requirements of Article 25fa of the Dutch Copyright Act are distributed online and free of cost or other barriers in institutional repositories. Research outputs are distributed six months after their first online publication in the original published version and with proper attribution to the source of the original publication.

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Values and value conflicts in snack providing of Dutch, Polish, Indonesian and Italian mothers

Cited by 15 publications

References 46 publications

Value conflicts in mothers' snack choice for their 2‐ to 7‐year‐old children

Value conflicts in mothers' snack choice for their 2‐ to 7‐year‐old children

As a mother, I prefer to give a healthy snack, however... : Mothers’ considerations and value conflicts while providing snacks to their 2-7-year-old children

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