Breast-feeding duration and child eating characteristics in relation to later vegetable intake in 2–6-year-old children in ten studies throughout Europe
| Autor: | Gertrude G. Zeinstra, Eric Boer, Annemarie Olsen, Vassiliki Costarelli, Gerry Jager, Victoire W.T. de Wild |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Medicine (miscellaneous) Real-life data Actual vegetable consumption Wiskundige en Statistische Methoden - Biometris 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Vegetables medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Duration (project management) Child Eating behaviour Mathematical and Statistical Methods - Biometris Sensory Science and Eating Behaviour Retrospective Studies VLAG Food Health & Consumer Research Breast-feeding duration 030109 nutrition & dietetics Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Neophobia Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Feeding Behavior medicine.disease Real life data Diet Europe Maternal education EU programme HabEat Breast Feeding Health & Consumer Research Biometris Sensoriek en eetgedrag Food Child Preschool Positive relationship Child (eating) characteristics business Breast feeding |
| Zdroj: | Public Health Nutrition, 21(12), 2320-2328 Public Health Nutrition 21 (2018) 12 |
| ISSN: | 1368-9800 |
| Popis: | ObjectiveBreast-feeding is thought to facilitate young children’s acceptance of new foods, including vegetables, but the evidence for this relationship appears inconsistent across studies. Increasing children’s vegetable intake remains challenging; therefore the present study aimed to investigate whether breast-feeding duration predicts vegetable intake in 2–6-year-old children.DesignActual vegetable intake was measured in studies across three European countries. General linear model analyses with breast-feeding duration, sex and age of the child and maternal education as variables were used to predict children’s vegetable intake per country. Additionally, the relationships between child eating behaviour characteristics (asked through the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire) and vegetable intake were investigated via Pearson correlations.SettingDaycare centres, schools and home settings in Denmark, Greece and the Netherlands.SubjectsChildren aged 2–6 years (n750).ResultsBreast-feeding duration was positively associated with children’s vegetable intake at 2–6 years old in Denmark (PPP=0·17). Age of the child, maternal education and sex of the child did not predict vegetable intake in our sample. All countries showed an inverse relationship between food neophobia and children’s vegetable intake and a positive relationship between vegetable liking and intake.ConclusionsThe present study found that breast-feeding duration is a predictor of later vegetable intake, but that current child eating behaviour characteristics, such as vegetable liking, food neophobia and enjoyment of food, also influence vegetable intake. Besides encouragement of breast-feeding duration, strategies that support vegetable liking and food enjoyment and decrease food neophobia are needed to support young children’s vegetable intake. |
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