scholarly journals Parent Feeding Practices in the Context of Food Insecurity

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 366
Author(s):  
Katherine R. Arlinghaus ◽  
Melissa N. Laska
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Child Weight ◽  
Parent Feeding Practices ◽  
Parent Feeding ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Poor Nutrition

The process of feeding is complex and highly dependent on parent, child, social, and environmental factors. Given the rising rates of food insecurity and concomitant poor nutrition and health, the purpose of this article was to outline the important and complex ways in which the context of food insecurity can impact parent feeding practices. Key factors discussed here include the impact of food insecurity on: expectations for motherhood, structural constraints, stress and depression, parents’ perceptions of health and child weight, and intergenerational transmission of parent feeding practices. Future research needs are also identified and discussed.

scholarly journals Associations between parental stress, parent feeding practices, and child eating behaviors within the context of food insecurity

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 101146
Author(s):  
Jerica M. Berge ◽  
Angela R. Fertig ◽  
Amanda Trofholz ◽  
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer ◽  
Elizabeth Rogers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Parental Stress ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Parent Feeding Practices ◽  
Child Eating ◽  
Child Eating Behaviors ◽  
Parent Feeding

scholarly journals Examining correlates of feeding practices among parents of preschoolers

2021 ◽  
pp. 026010602110328
Author(s):  
Deepa Srivastava ◽  
Lucy R. Zheng ◽  
Dipti A. Dev
Keyword(s):  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Weight Concern ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Child Weight ◽  
Parent Monitoring ◽  
Parent Feeding Practices ◽  
Parent Feeding

Background: Parent feeding practices play a critical role in children’s eating behaviors. Limited research has explored child-level correlates of parent feeding practices. Aim: To identify correlates of feeding practices (responsive and controlling) among parents of preschoolers US. Methods: Participants included parents (n = 273) of preschoolers (3–5 years), recruited from Early Care and Education settings (n = 24) located in a metropolitan city in the US. Analysis included descriptives, correlations, and multiple regression. Results: For responsive feeding practices, positive associations included child's weight with unintentional modeling ( β = .17, 95% CI [0.12, 0.53]), child vegetable consumption with behavioral role modeling ( β = 0.22, 95% CI [0.17, 0.44]), and parent monitoring with verbal modeling ( β = 0.21, 95% CI [0.12, 0.34]). For controlling feeding practices, parent restriction was positively associated with child weight concern ( β = 0.22, 95% CI [0.13, 0.39]) and parent monitoring ( β = 0.13, 95% CI [0.01, 0.19]), whereas child vegetable consumption was negatively associated ( β = −0.16, 95% CI [−0.27, −0.05]). Pressure to eat was negatively associated with child weight concern ( β = −0.18, 95% CI [−0.45, −0.09]), child fruit consumption ( β = −0.12, 95% CI [−0.37, −0.01]), household income ( β = −0.13, 95% CI [−0.30, −0.02]), and parent weight ( β = −0.14, 95% CI [−0.60, −0.05]), Conclusions: Findings highlight the importance of child characteristics when examining correlates of parent feeding practices, demonstrating bidirectional interactions between parent feeding practices and children’s eating behaviors. Considering child-level correlates may improve the implementation of responsive feeding practices and reduce controlling feeding practices.

scholarly journals Food Insecurity, the Home Food Environment, and Parent Feeding Practices in the Era of COVID‐19

Obesity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 2056-2063 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth L. Adams ◽  
Laura J. Caccavale ◽  
Danyel Smith ◽  
Melanie K. Bean
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Home Food Environment ◽  
Home Food ◽  
Parent Feeding Practices ◽  
Parent Feeding

A thematic cluster analysis of parents’ online discussions about fussy eating (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany Markides ◽  
Rachel Laws ◽  
Kylie Hesketh ◽  
Ralph Maddison ◽  
Elizabeth Denney-Wilson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Latent Dirichlet Allocation ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
High Concern ◽  
Parent Feeding Practices ◽  
Fussy Eating ◽  
Parent Feeding

BACKGROUND Food fussiness is common in toddlerhood. Fussiness is associated with nonresponsive parent feeding practices, such as persuasive and instrumental feeding. Such feeding practices may reinforce fussy eating behaviors and are associated with poorer dietary intake and suboptimal growth trajectories. Parent feeding practices are known to cluster; however, no previous research has examined how feeding practices cluster in parents of fussy eaters. OBJECTIVE This study explored how feeding practices and factors known to influence these clustered among parents who perceived their toddler to be a fussy eater. METHODS Data were collected from parent discussions of fussy eating on an online parenting forum on the social media site, Reddit (80,366 posts). Latent Dirichlet Allocation was used to identify discussions of fussy eating. Relevant posts (1,542) made by users who identified as a parent of a fussy eater (n=630) underwent qualitative coding and thematic analysis. RESULTS Five clusters of parents were identified, ranging in size from 53 to 189 users. These were primarily characterized by parents’ degree of concern and feeding practices: 1) High Concern, Nonresponsive; 2) Concerned, Nonresponsive; 3) Low Concern, Responsive; 4) Low Concern, Mixed Strategies; 5) Low Concern, Indulgent. Parents who used responsive practices tended to be less concerned for fussy eating, have greater trust in their child’s ability to self-regulate hunger, have longer-term feeding goals, and exhibit a greater ability for personal self-regulation. CONCLUSIONS Factors related to parent feeding practices may cluster among parents who perceive their toddler to be a fussy eater. Future research should examine these constructs to identify how they may relate to each other and to parents’ feeding practices in order to learn how they could be leveraged in parent feeding interventions.

Overcoming Intersectional Barriers

2018 ◽  
pp. 971-993
Author(s):  
Sara L. Parker ◽  
Kay Standing
Keyword(s):  
Life Experiences ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
Just Society ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Research And Policy

This chapter discusses the complexity and challenges of exploring the impact of gender on women's ability to realise their potential in Nepal. It demonstrates the limitations of using binary divisions to exploring ‘gender' as a key factor that impacts upon women's lives. By analysing interviews with ‘inspirational' women in Nepal conducted between 2009 and 2012 the chapter highlights the importance of exploring intersectional factors that also influenced women's life experiences. Based on interviews with 34 ‘inspirational' women in Nepal the chapter explores how the term ‘inspirational' is defines and discusses the range of work being done by so many women in Nepal that is truly inspiring. Through a discourse analysis of their stories of childhood and education we can see what key factors have played a role in enabling these women to realise their potential and to overcome intersectional barriers to work in a range of diverse positions, from the first female District Development Officer to the first women to gain her doctorate from overseas, to women who have set up NGOS working towards a more equitable and just society to others who have set up their own businesses or becoming leading academics. The conclusion draws together some key recommendations for future research and policy makers as well as those seeking to promote more equitable sustainable development that truly includes women in the process as autonomous, heterogeneous actors in the development process

COVID-19 will deepen food insecurity in Latin America

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Food Services ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Nutritious Food ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Poor Nutrition

Significance Although the food sector has not been immune to the impact of COVID-19, it has proved relatively resilient. According to the UN, while the region’s overall GDP fell by 6.4% year-on-year during the first half, the sector contracted by a more moderate 5.1%. Yet access to nutritious food has declined since the onset of the pandemic. Impacts Increasing poor nutrition will compound problems with overweight and obesity, which affected 59.5% of the population pre-pandemic. The ongoing closure of schools will continue to undermine the food intake of an estimated 65 million children, worsening malnourishment. Fisheries and aquaculture will not recover until tourism does, given the importance of demand from food services linked to hospitality.

scholarly journals The Impact of Grit on Health Outcomes in College Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 455-455
Author(s):  
Amelia Sullivan ◽  
Leigh Neptune ◽  
Kayla Parsons ◽  
Ashley Reynolds ◽  
Carol Byrd-Bredbenner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Experiment Station ◽  
College Undergraduate ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Objectives The objective was to examine the relationship between grit and health outcomes in college undergraduate students. Methods A cross-sectional convenience sample of college undergraduate students completed an online survey assessing Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL), the National Cancer Institute Fruit and Vegetable Screener, and the 2-item Hager Food Insecurity Screener. Grit was assessed by generating a mean score using the 8-item short grit scale. Independent t-tests were used to compare health outcomes between students who reported above/below the average grit score of the sample. Chi-square tests were used to examine group differences between grit level and prevalence of food insecurity. Results Participants (N = 655) were 19.8 ± 1.5 years old, mostly female (63%), and white (84%). The average grit score was 3.27 ± 0.54 out of 5. Results indicated that students who were grittier than average (n = 372) reported fewer days/months (d/m) with poor mental health (8.1 ± 8.5 vs. 11.6 ± 9.6, P < 0.001), fewer d/m feeling sad/depressed (6.2 ± 7.7 vs. 9.9 ± 9.3, P < 0.001), more d/m with restful sleep (12.9 ± 9.8 vs. 10.3 ± 8.6, P < 0.001), more d/m feeling very healthy and full of energy (12.6 ± 8.8 vs. 8.4 ± 7.5, P < 0.001), and ate more servings of fruits and vegetables per day (2.4 ± 1.3 vs. 2.1 ± 1.32, P < 0.01). Grittier participants were also less likely to report being food insecure (16.0%) vs. less grittier participants (23.3%), P < 0.05. Conclusions This data indicates that students who were grittier than average reported better HRQOL, consumed a more healthful diet, and were more likely to be food secure. This provides justification for future research to explore grit as a mediating factor that may contribute to better health outcomes, especially in populations particularly susceptible to experiencing poor HRQOL and food insecurity. Funding Sources This project was supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Hatch project number #ME0022104 through the Maine Agricultural & Forest Experiment Station. NJ Agriculture Experiment Station.

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