Parental practices, preferences, skills and attitudes on food consumption of pre-school children: Results from Nutriscience Project
The association between family environment and child's eating behaviors is well established but a multidimensional approach to study this relation is lacking. This study aimed to assess the proprieties of a questionnaire created to evaluate parental practices, preferences, skills and attitudes...
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| description | The association between family environment and child's eating behaviors is well established but a multidimensional approach to study this relation is lacking. This study aimed to assess the proprieties of a questionnaire created to evaluate parental practices, preferences, skills and attitudes regarding fruit and vegetables (F&V), sugar and salt. Participants (n = 714) were families of pre-school children (aged 2-6 years old) of the Nutriscience Project-a web-based gamification program-who answered a questionnaire assessing socio-demographic characteristics, nutrition knowledge, and a scale evaluating parental practices, preferences, skills and attitudes, at the baseline of the project. Exploratory factorial analysis was applied to the scale: 21 items and 5 factors were extracted (52.4% of explained variance) with a Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) value of 0.770: 1. Modelling/active promotion of F&V consumption ([alpha] = 0.73), 2. Skills for choosing/preparing healthy food ([alpha] = 0.75), 3. Food preferences and satiety perception ([alpha] = 0.70), 4. Awareness regarding sugar/salt intake ([alpha] = 0.61), 5. Allowance regarding F&V consumption ([alpha] = 0.55). Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests were conducted to compare factors according to socio-demographic characteristics. Higher scores for parental modelling and active promotion of F&V consumption were observed in older parents, those with higher nutrition knowledge and who reported to live without income difficulties. Regarding food preferences, higher scores were observed in mothers, with higher nutrition knowledge and from higher educated groups. Higher awareness regarding salt and sugar consumption were observed in older parents, with higher education, higher nutrition knowledge and with female children. Older parents and with female children also registered higher scores of skills for choosing/preparing healthy food. The scale showed satisfactory proprieties and may contribute to assess family food environment using a multidimensional approach. It also highlighted the importance of considering socio-demographic characteristics in interventions to promote healthy eating. |
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| subjects | Adolescents Attitudes Biology and Life Sciences Children Children & youth Consumption Demographic aspects Eating behavior Elementary school students Energy value Evaluation Families & family life Food Food consumption Food habits Food security Gamification Health aspects Households Knowledge Literacy Meals Medicine and Health Sciences Methods Nutrition Nutrition research Parenting Parents & parenting People and Places Preschool children Questionnaires Research and Analysis Methods Salt Skills Social factors Social Sciences Sociodemographics Socioeconomic data Socioeconomic factors Socioeconomics Sugar Teenagers |
| title | Parental practices, preferences, skills and attitudes on food consumption of pre-school children: Results from Nutriscience Project |
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