Open AccessChild involvement in meal preparation and grocery shopping is associated with lower levels of food fussiness among young children
Author(s) -
Julia Broad,
Laura Forbes,
Gerarda Darlington,
David W.L.,
Jess Haines
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
applied physiology, nutrition and metabolism/applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.789
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1715-5320
pISSN - 1715-5312
DOI - 10.1139/apnm-2021-0390
Subject(s) - novelty , meal , environmental health , food frequency questionnaire , grocery shopping , psychology , novelty seeking , medicine , advertising , social psychology , business , temperament , personality
This study examined associations between child food involvement and food fussiness. Analyses used survey data from 62 children ages 1.5 to 5.9 years who participated in the Guelph Family Health Study Pilot. Overall involvement (β = –0.51, p = 0.02), involvement in meal preparation (β = –0.42, p = 0.009), and involvement in grocery shopping (β = –0.29, p = 0.04) were inversely associated with food fussiness. Experimental research including larger, more diverse samples is needed to test whether food involvement reduces food fussiness among young children. Novelty: Our study identified significant, inverse associations between child food involvement and food fussiness