The factors associated with food fussiness in Irish school-aged children

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dc.check.date2019-11-08
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dc.contributor.authorRahill, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Aileen
dc.contributor.authorWalton, Janette
dc.contributor.authorMcNulty, Breige A.
dc.contributor.authorKearney, John
dc.contributor.funderDepartment of Agriculture, Food and the Marineen
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-13T14:52:23Z
dc.date.available2018-12-13T14:52:23Z
dc.date.issued2018-11-08
dc.description.abstractObjective: To establish the factors that determine food fussiness, to explore if child age determines the extent to which these factors influence food fussiness and to identify whether parental neophobia is an independent determinant of food fussiness. Design: Cross-sectional data from the National Children’s Food Survey (2003–2004). The Children’s Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) assessed eating behaviours in children. The Food Neophobia Scale (FNS) assessed parental food neophobia. Young children were classified as 5–8 years old with older children classified as 9–12 years old. Setting: Republic of Ireland. Participants: Nationally representative sample of Irish children aged 5–12 years (n 594). Results: Parents identifying child’s food preferences as a barrier to providing their child with a healthy diet was significantly associated with increased food fussiness in younger (P<0·001) and older children (P<0·001). Higher levels of parental neophobia were significantly associated with an increase in food fussiness in younger (P<0·05) and older (P<0·001) children. Food advertising as a barrier to providing a healthy diet was inversely associated with food fussiness in younger children (P<0·05). In older children, there was a significant inverse association between child’s BMI and food fussiness (P<0·05), but not to the extent that a difference in weight status was noted. Family mealtimes in older children were associated with significantly lower levels of food fussiness (P<0·05). Conclusions: Findings from the present study identify that a child’s age does determine the extent to which certain factors influence food fussiness and that parental neophobia is an independent determinant of food fussiness.en
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Agriculture Food and Marine (under the National Development Plan 2000–2006)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationRahill, S., Kennedy, A., Walton, J., McNulty, B. A. and Kearney, J. (2018) 'The factors associated with food fussiness in Irish school-aged children', Public Health Nutrition, In Press, doi: 10.1017/S1368980018002835en
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S1368980018002835
dc.identifier.endpage11en
dc.identifier.issn1368-9800
dc.identifier.issn1475-2727
dc.identifier.journaltitlePublic Health Nutritionen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7220
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCambridge University Press (CUP)en
dc.relation.urihttps://www.cambridge.org/core/article/factors-associated-with-food-fussiness-in-irish-schoolaged-children/8EDEA305A8A66F4FDF8485CAF4B12B47
dc.rights© The Authors 2018, Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) on behalf of The Nutrition Societyen
dc.subjectFood fussinessen
dc.subjectParental neophobiaen
dc.subjectChildrenen
dc.subjectDeterminantsen
dc.titleThe factors associated with food fussiness in Irish school-aged childrenen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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