How Far Does the Apple Fall from the Tree: Parental Influence on Children's Attitudes About Food and Nutrition
Datum
2019
Autor:innen
Effros, Brittney L.
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University of Oregon
Zusammenfassung
Parents play an important role in their child’s development. Through the socialization process, children acquire knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about food and nutrition. Parenting styles and parental modeling are two methods by which parents guide their child’s eating behavior and overall diet. As children develop, they begin to express thoughts around food and nutrition. In this review, we focus on the impact that parents have on the way children think about food and nutrition. We predict that most studies will rely heavily on parent-reported data, excluding the child’s narrative even though the research will claim to be studying children’s attitudes and preferences. We also predict that the studies will provide evidence that preschool age children will show a similar knowledge about foods as their parent, and children with authoritarian parents will show a higher preference for fruit and vegetable consumption. This research is important because there has not been a review that has looked at parental modeling and parenting styles, simultaneously, when assessing the preschool children’s attitudes and beliefs about food and nutrition. This review will contribute to the gap in literature that exists on parental influence on children’s self-reported ideas about food and nutrition, and will provide recommendations to the field on ways to better asses these beliefs in young children while also providing recommendations to parents on how to help their child develop healthy eating habits and positive ides about food and nutrition.
Beschreibung
38 pages
Schlagwörter
General Science, Nutrition, Food, Parental Influence, Children's Attitudes, Literature Review