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Children’s Fruit and Vegetable Preferences Are Associated with Their Mothers’ and Fathers’ Preferences (2021)
Kähkönen, K., Sandell, M., Rönkä, A., Hujo, M., & Nuutinen, O. (2021). Children’s Fruit and Vegetable Preferences Are Associated with Their Mothers’ and Fathers’ Preferences. Foods, 10(2), Article 261. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020261
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Julkaisun tiedot
Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Kähkönen, Kaisa; Sandell, Mari; Rönkä, Anna; Hujo, Mika; Nuutinen, Outi
Lehti tai sarja: Foods
eISSN: 2304-8158
Julkaisuvuosi: 2021
Ilmestymispäivä: 27.01.2021
Volyymi: 10
Lehden numero: 2
Artikkelinumero: 261
Kustantaja: MDPI AG
Julkaisumaa: Sveitsi
Julkaisun kieli: englanti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020261
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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/74086
Tiivistelmä
Children’s preference for fruit and vegetables must emerge during childhood. At children’s homes, mothers and fathers influence children’s developing food preferences with their own preferences and actions. The purpose of the study was to reveal the association parents have with their children’s fruit and vegetable preferences. The study was conducted in a sample of Finnish mothers and fathers of 3–5-year-old children. The participants were recruited, and questionnaires distributed through early childhood education and care centers in 2014 and 2015. The results showed considerable variance in the children’s preferences, and were more similar with their father’s, than their mother’s preference. There was an association between mother’s and children’s preference for “strong-tasting vegetables and berries“ (p = 0.005), “sweet-tasting fruit“ (p < 0.001) and “common vegetables“ (p = 0.037). Fathers preferences associated with children’s preferences for “strong-tasting vegetables and berries“ (p = 0.003). Food neophobia decreased children’s “strong-tasting vegetables and berries“ (p < 0.001) and “sweet-tasting fruit“ (p < 0.001) preferences. The father’s more relaxed attitude towards eating decreased children’s preferences for “strong-tasting vegetables and berries“ (p = 0.031) and “sweet-tasting fruit“ (p = 0.003). These findings indicate a need for more targeted strategies for increasing children’s preferences for fruit and vegetables and highlight the importance of taking both parents equally into account.
YSO-asiasanat: lapset (ikäryhmät); ravitsemuskäyttäytyminen; ruokatottumukset; kotiympäristö; lapset (perheenjäsenet); vanhemmat; mieltymykset; hedelmät; vihannekset
Vapaat asiasanat: children; parental; fruit and vegetables; preference; food neophobia; eating competence
Liittyvät organisaatiot
OKM-raportointi: Kyllä
Raportointivuosi: 2021
JUFO-taso: 1
