The “Cinderella sector”
The challenges of promoting food and nutrition for young children in early years’ settings in England
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14722842 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emily Warren (0000-0002-9117-844X, Department of Health Services Research and Policy, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, corresponding author), Lorraine Williams (0000-0003-4188-3949, Department of Health Services Research and Policy, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London), Cécile Knai (0000-0001-6663-7379, Department of Health Services Research and Policy, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 576-594 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ecology of Food and Nutrition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0367-0244 • E-ISSN: 1543-5237 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03670244.2022.2073353 |
| PMID | 35579381 |
| OpenAlex | W4280544583 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 30 |
The quality of food that children eat in early childhood has profound impacts on their future wellbeing. In England, many children eat the majority of meals in early years' settings including nurseries and childminders. We conducted 16 interviews with 18 stakeholders exploring food provision, the use of voluntary nutrition guidelines, and the effects of government support on the early years' sector. Key themes emerging from our thematic analysis included feeling insufficiently consulted, undervalued, support being unequally distributed, needing to fill multiple support roles for families, disagreement about the role and effect of voluntary nutrition standards, and being chronically underfunded
Agriculture · Developmental psychology · Early childhood · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Feeling · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Government (linguistics · Management · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Turnover · Voluntary sector · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Early Childhood Education and Development · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
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Qualitative Methods for Health Research
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Life Course Perspective
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| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |