Associations between Child Mental Well-Being or Conflicts during Mealtime and Picky Eating Behaviour
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Standard
Associations between Child Mental Well-Being or Conflicts during Mealtime and Picky Eating Behaviour. / Lepinioti, Maria; Specht, Ina Olmer; Rohde, Jeanett Friis; Stougaard, Maria; Handel, Mina Nicole; Olsen, Nanna Julie; Heitmann, Berit Lilienthal.
In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 18, No. 11, 5621, 2021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Harvard
APA
Vancouver
Author
Bibtex
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Associations between Child Mental Well-Being or Conflicts during Mealtime and Picky Eating Behaviour
AU - Lepinioti, Maria
AU - Specht, Ina Olmer
AU - Rohde, Jeanett Friis
AU - Stougaard, Maria
AU - Handel, Mina Nicole
AU - Olsen, Nanna Julie
AU - Heitmann, Berit Lilienthal
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Pickiness is an eating behavior that many families with young children face. Having joint family meals may impact the child's pickiness, for instance by influencing their willingness to try novel foods. Moreover, picky children have been shown to display greater emotionality. The aim of this study was to investigate if children's mental well-being and parent-reported conflicts during mealtime were associated with pickiness among obesity-prone children. Data was obtained from the baseline examination of the Healthy Start intervention study, the Danish Medical Birth registry and the Danish Health Visitor's Child Health Database, and included 635 children aged 2-6 years that were all at high risk for becoming overweight later in life. Children's mental well-being was measured by the strengths and difficulties questionnaire. Crude and adjusted ordinal logistic regressions were used to investigate the cross-sectional associations. Children had a higher odds associated with changing from a category of less pickiness to a category of more pickiness for each one point higher SDQ score (ORadj. = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.14; 1.61) and lower odds (ORadj. = 0.57, 95% CI = 0.38; 0.86) associated with changing pickiness category towards more pickiness for each one point higher SDQ prosocial score. Moreover, children with conflicts during mealtime had higher odds of being in a worse pickiness category compared to children without conflicts (ORadj. = 3.37, 95% CI = 2.27; 5.01). This study showed that among obesity-prone children, behavioral problems, as well as conflicts during mealtime, were associated with more picky behaviors. Further longitudinal studies are needed to confirm the findings, as are studies including general child population subsets.
AB - Pickiness is an eating behavior that many families with young children face. Having joint family meals may impact the child's pickiness, for instance by influencing their willingness to try novel foods. Moreover, picky children have been shown to display greater emotionality. The aim of this study was to investigate if children's mental well-being and parent-reported conflicts during mealtime were associated with pickiness among obesity-prone children. Data was obtained from the baseline examination of the Healthy Start intervention study, the Danish Medical Birth registry and the Danish Health Visitor's Child Health Database, and included 635 children aged 2-6 years that were all at high risk for becoming overweight later in life. Children's mental well-being was measured by the strengths and difficulties questionnaire. Crude and adjusted ordinal logistic regressions were used to investigate the cross-sectional associations. Children had a higher odds associated with changing from a category of less pickiness to a category of more pickiness for each one point higher SDQ score (ORadj. = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.14; 1.61) and lower odds (ORadj. = 0.57, 95% CI = 0.38; 0.86) associated with changing pickiness category towards more pickiness for each one point higher SDQ prosocial score. Moreover, children with conflicts during mealtime had higher odds of being in a worse pickiness category compared to children without conflicts (ORadj. = 3.37, 95% CI = 2.27; 5.01). This study showed that among obesity-prone children, behavioral problems, as well as conflicts during mealtime, were associated with more picky behaviors. Further longitudinal studies are needed to confirm the findings, as are studies including general child population subsets.
KW - pickiness
KW - child behavior
KW - mealtime
KW - conflicts
KW - preschool children
KW - PRESCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN
KW - FOOD NEOPHOBIA
KW - FAMILY STRESS
KW - MOTHERS
KW - QUESTIONNAIRE
KW - TEMPERAMENT
KW - ENVIRONMENT
KW - PREVALENCE
KW - DIETARY
KW - FRUIT
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph18115621
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18115621
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34070271
VL - 18
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
SN - 1661-7827
IS - 11
M1 - 5621
ER -
ID: 272303682