The Relationship between Parent Perceptions of Preschooler Mealtime Behaviors and Diet Variety
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu13975565972021-08-03T06:23:49Z The Relationship between Parent Perceptions of Preschooler Mealtime Behaviors and Diet Variety Koski, Evelyn M. Nutrition Objective: To assess the most common parent concerns about their preschooler’s eating habits and determine how individual child food frequencies correlate with parent perceptions of the child’s diet and mealtime behaviors within a nonrandomized sample of convenience from a university day care setting.Methods: This descriptive study surveyed parents of children ages 3-5 who were attending a large Midwestern University child care program. An adapted version of the previously validated parent-report mealtime behavior questionnaire (Meals in Our Household) was used to assess the most common types of problematic child mealtime behaviors as reported by parents, as well as parent concern regarding the child’s mealtime behaviors and diet. Child’s diet variety was assessed using an adapted food frequency questionnaire to determine the number of different foods within the five major food groups that were consumed over a one week period. Questionnaires were scored and the relationships were assessed using Spearman correlation coefficients. Results: The most frequent problematic child mealtime behaviors reported by parents were that their child squirms or fidgets while eating (31%), refuses to try new foods (31%) and is picky about the food he or she will eat (37%). When relationships were assessed, there appeared to be no significant correlation between parental concern about mealtime behaviors and the total number of foods consumed by the child (r = .084, p = .550). Similarly, parent concern about child’s diet was not correlated with the total number of foods consumed by the child (r = .005, p = .968).Conclusions: These findings suggest that parent concern about their child’s diet and mealtime behaviors may not be appropriate measures of the quality and variety of the child’s diet. Clinicians should not simply rely on broad overall nutrition questions to assess the child’s eating habits and more specific questioning and additional assessment methods may be necessary to properly assess the child’s behaviors and diet variety. 2014-07-09 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397556597 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397556597 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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