Persistent Optimizing

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AUTOR(ES) M. MacDonald , A. Walsh , Donna Meagher-Stewart
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) Dalhousie University, Cape Breton University, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
ANO Não informado
TIPO Artigo
DOI 10.1177/1049732314552456
CITAÇÕES 1
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-18

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Mothers' ability to provide healthy food choices for their children has become more complex in our current obesogenic environment. We conducted a total of 35 interviews with 18 mothers of preschool children. Using constructivist grounded theory methods, we developed a substantive theory of how mothers make food choices for their preschoolers. Our substantive theory, persistent optimizing, consists of three main integrated conceptual categories: (a) acknowledging contextual constraints, (b) stretching boundaries, and (c) strategic positioning. Implications to improve mothers' ability to make healthy food choices that reduce their children's risk of becoming overweight or obese are discussed.

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