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Do children's food preferences align with dietary recommendations?
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Russell, Cg Worsley, A. |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Description | Objectives: To examine how Australian children's reported everyday food preferences reflect dietary recommendations, and the impact of sociodemographic factors on these associations.Design: Cross-sectional survey.Setting/subjects: Three hundred and seventy-one parents of children aged 2–5 years, recruited from three socio-economic groups in two Australian cities, completed a survey on their child's liking for 176 foods and drinks on a 5-point Likert scale in addition to demographic descriptors. Preferences were compared with the recommendations of theDietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents in Australiaand theAustralian Guide to Healthy Eating.Results: Foods in the Extra Foods (non-nutritious foods) and Cereals groups of theAustralian Guide to Healthy Eatingwere highly liked (mean: 4.02 and 4.01, respectively), whilst foods in the Vegetables group were liked least (mean: 3.01). A large percentage of foods in the Cereals and Extra Foods groups were liked (64% and 56%, respectively) in contrast to the other food groups, especially Vegetables (7%). Children liked foods that were higher in sugar (r = 0.29,P < 0.0001) and more energy-dense (r = 0.34,P < 0.0001) but not those higher in saturated fat (r = 0.16,P = 0.03), total fat (r = 0.12,P = 0.12) or sodium (r = 0.10,P = 0.18). Sociodemographic variables (e.g. socio-economic status, parental education, children's age and sex) explained little of the variation in children's food preferences.Conclusions: Australian pre-school children's food preferences align with dietary guidelines in some respects, but not others. Interventions are needed to shift children's preferences away from non-nutritious foods that are high in energy density and sugar, and towards vegetables and fruits. |
| Related Links | http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30035014 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/F380D5A588EF1F9977853AF5D56C716D/S1368980007699546a.pdf/div-class-title-do-children-s-food-preferences-align-with-dietary-recommendations-div.pdf |
| Ending Page | 1233 |
| Page Count | 11 |
| Starting Page | 1223 |
| ISSN | 13689800 |
| e-ISSN | 14752727 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1368980007699546 |
| Journal | Public Health Nutrition |
| Issue Number | 11 |
| Volume Number | 10 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 2007-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Public Health Nutrition Nutrition and Dietetics Food Preferences school Children economic Factors Child Nutrition |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Nutrition and Dietetics Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health |
