Association between parental attitudes towards their offspring's diet and children's actual dietary habits - The SENDO project
Introduction: the preschool stage is a critical period for teaching and modeling healthy habits to positively influence children's health and wellbeing throughout their lifetime. Objectives: to evaluate the association between parental attitudes towards their offspring's dietary h...
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| author | Santiago, S. (Susana) Benítez-Borja, A (Andrea) Martin-Calvo, N. (Nerea) Romanos-Nanclares, A. (Andrea) Moreno-Galarraga, L. (Laura) Zazpe, I. (Itziar) |
| author_facet | Santiago, S. (Susana) Benítez-Borja, A (Andrea) Martin-Calvo, N. (Nerea) Romanos-Nanclares, A. (Andrea) Moreno-Galarraga, L. (Laura) Zazpe, I. (Itziar) |
| author_sort | Santiago, S. (Susana) |
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| description | Introduction:
the preschool stage is a critical period for teaching and modeling healthy habits to positively influence children's health and wellbeing throughout their lifetime.
Objectives:
to evaluate the association between parental attitudes towards their offspring's dietary habits in Spanish children aged 4 to 7 years participating in the Follow-up of Children for Optimal Development (SENDO) project.
Methods:
we defined an index to measure information on parental attitudes towards their offspring's diet (0 to 8 points), and another one to measure children's actual dietary habits (0 to 19 points). A higher score meant healthier attitudes and healthier habits, respectively. Information was collected through an online questionnaire completed by parents. We calculated crude and multivariable-adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI) for children's healthy dietary habits associated with parental scores in the parental attitudes index. Generalized estimation equations (GEE) were used to account for intra-cluster correlation between siblings.
Results:
a total of 423 preschoolers (52.3 % boys, mean age 5.3 years) were included in the analyses. Half of the children (51 %) reported unhealthy dietary habits, whereas 56 % of parents reported high adherence to the healthy eating index. Compared to those in the lowest category, the children whose parents were in the highest category in the parental attitudes index showed significantly higher odds of having healthy dietary habits (OR: 2.91; 95 % CI: 1.30-6.53, p for trend = 0.004).
Conclusions:
our results support a direct association between parental attitudes and their offspring's dietary habits, suggesting that public health interventions aimed at improving children's dietary habits should shift from the individual- to a family-based approach. |
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| spelling | oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171-691292024-02-26T06:05:37Z Association between parental attitudes towards their offspring's diet and children's actual dietary habits - The SENDO project Santiago, S. (Susana) Benítez-Borja, A (Andrea) Martin-Calvo, N. (Nerea) Romanos-Nanclares, A. (Andrea) Moreno-Galarraga, L. (Laura) Zazpe, I. (Itziar) Parental attitudes Preschoolers Eating habits Breakfast Dietary indices Introduction: the preschool stage is a critical period for teaching and modeling healthy habits to positively influence children's health and wellbeing throughout their lifetime. Objectives: to evaluate the association between parental attitudes towards their offspring's dietary habits in Spanish children aged 4 to 7 years participating in the Follow-up of Children for Optimal Development (SENDO) project. Methods: we defined an index to measure information on parental attitudes towards their offspring's diet (0 to 8 points), and another one to measure children's actual dietary habits (0 to 19 points). A higher score meant healthier attitudes and healthier habits, respectively. Information was collected through an online questionnaire completed by parents. We calculated crude and multivariable-adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI) for children's healthy dietary habits associated with parental scores in the parental attitudes index. Generalized estimation equations (GEE) were used to account for intra-cluster correlation between siblings. Results: a total of 423 preschoolers (52.3 % boys, mean age 5.3 years) were included in the analyses. Half of the children (51 %) reported unhealthy dietary habits, whereas 56 % of parents reported high adherence to the healthy eating index. Compared to those in the lowest category, the children whose parents were in the highest category in the parental attitudes index showed significantly higher odds of having healthy dietary habits (OR: 2.91; 95 % CI: 1.30-6.53, p for trend = 0.004). Conclusions: our results support a direct association between parental attitudes and their offspring's dietary habits, suggesting that public health interventions aimed at improving children's dietary habits should shift from the individual- to a family-based approach. 2024-02-20T09:13:44Z 2024-02-20T09:13:44Z 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/article https://hdl.handle.net/10171/69129 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf Scielo |
| spellingShingle | Parental attitudes Preschoolers Eating habits Breakfast Dietary indices Santiago, S. (Susana) Benítez-Borja, A (Andrea) Martin-Calvo, N. (Nerea) Romanos-Nanclares, A. (Andrea) Moreno-Galarraga, L. (Laura) Zazpe, I. (Itziar) Association between parental attitudes towards their offspring's diet and children's actual dietary habits - The SENDO project |
| title | Association between parental attitudes towards their offspring's diet and children's actual dietary habits - The SENDO project |
| title_full | Association between parental attitudes towards their offspring's diet and children's actual dietary habits - The SENDO project |
| title_fullStr | Association between parental attitudes towards their offspring's diet and children's actual dietary habits - The SENDO project |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association between parental attitudes towards their offspring's diet and children's actual dietary habits - The SENDO project |
| title_short | Association between parental attitudes towards their offspring's diet and children's actual dietary habits - The SENDO project |
| title_sort | association between parental attitudes towards their offspring's diet and children's actual dietary habits - the sendo project |
| topic | Parental attitudes Preschoolers Eating habits Breakfast Dietary indices |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10171/69129 |
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