Mediterranean Diet Adherence among Preschoolers and its Association with Parents’ Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices

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ID14722668
AuthorsNevin Şanlıer (0000-0001-5937-0485, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, Ankara Medipol University, Ankara, Turkey, corresponding author), Hande Gül Ulusoy (0000-0003-2824-0543, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey), Sule Kocabaş (0000-0002-2864-943X, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, Ankara Medipol University, Ankara, Turkey), Bülent Çelik (0000-0002-0481-4808, Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey), Pınar Göbel (0000-0001-7152-1581, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, Ankara Medipol University, Ankara, Turkey), Sine Yilmaz (0000-0002-2592-9057, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, Ankara Medipol University, Ankara, Turkey)
Year2021
Volume60
Issue2
Pages225-243
Publication date2021-03-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEcology of Food and Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0367-0244 • E-ISSN: 1543-5237
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03670244.2020.1833874
PMID33048584
OpenAlexW3091916698
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited61

The effect of parents on nutritional habits in preschool children is undeniable. It is known that parental control in child nutrition can affect the child's eating habits, and bodyweight. Mediterranean Diet (MD) adherence of children (KIDMED), parents' beliefs, attitudes and practices (Preschool Feeding Questionnaire-PFQ2) were investigated. The questionnaire prepared was applied by researchers face-to-face to 1413 families who agreed to participate voluntarily in the research with preschool children. Parental beliefs, attitudes, and practices regarding child nutrition status of parents were evaluated using 39-item PFQ2 and their child's eating habits using the 16-item KIDMED index. Children's KIDMED scores were found optimal in 34.1%, average in 57.0%, very low in 8.9%. The KIDMED scores of children whose parents are together (6.6 ± 2.1) were found to be significantly higher than children whose parents are separated (4.9 ± 2.2) ( p p p p <.001). Unfortunately, the adherence of most preschool children with the MD which considered a healthy diet pattern was found below the optimal level

Affect (linguistics · Association (psychology · Mediterranean diet · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Demography · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics

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