Child Involvement in Meal Preparation and Grocery Shopping is Associated with Lower Levels of Food Fussiness Among Young Children

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

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Perspectives of Black and Hispanic Children Living in Under-Resourced Communities on Meal Preparation and Grocery Shopping Behaviors: Implications for Nutrition Education

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph182212199 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (22) ◽

pp. 12199

Author(s):

Chishinga Callender ◽

Denisse Velazquez ◽

Meheret Adera ◽

Jayna M. Dave ◽

Norma Olvera ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nutrition Education ◽

Psychosocial Factors ◽

Diet Quality ◽

Grocery Shopping ◽

Minority Children ◽

Level Of Involvement ◽

Meal Preparation ◽

Telephone Interviews ◽

Child Involvement ◽

Quality Child

Minority children living in under-resourced communities are at the greatest risk for obesity and poor diet quality. Child involvement in meal preparation may be a helpful strategy to improve diet quality. This paper explores minority children’s perspectives regarding this. Eighteen children participated in a mixed methods study (online surveys, telephone interviews). Descriptive statistics were calculated for child demographic and psychosocial factors. Thematic analysis was used to code and analyze the interviews. Most children reported having cooking experience (83%) and cooking with family (94%) and exhibited high cooking self-efficacy (21.8 ± 2.9) and positive cooking attitudes (25.7 ± 4.4). Children reported helping with meal preparation (50%) and grocery shopping (41%) sometimes. The qualitative data further supported the results obtained from the children’s psychosocial factors. Most children noted the importance of learning to cook with an emphasis on life skills. Children also shared their level of involvement in cooking and grocery shopping. Most children reported using technology when cooking to find demonstration videos and recipes. These findings highlight that minority children participate in meal preparation and grocery shopping. Their perspectives are important for the development of nutrition education programs to achieve equitable dietary outcomes in minority families living in under-resourced communities.

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1461-P: Cardiac Troponin T and Troponin I and Incident Diabetes in the General Population: Generation Scotland Scottish Family Health Study

Diabetes ◽

10.2337/db19-1461-p ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 68 (Supplement 1) ◽

pp. 1461-P

Author(s):

PAUL WELSH ◽

DAVID PREISS ◽

ARCHIE CAMPBELL ◽

DAVID J. PORTEOUS ◽

NICHOLAS L. MILLS ◽

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Keyword(s):

General Population ◽

Cardiac Troponin ◽

Troponin I ◽

Troponin T ◽

Family Health ◽

Incident Diabetes ◽

Health Study ◽

Cardiac Troponin T ◽

Generation Scotland

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Guelph Family Health Study’s Home-Based Obesity Prevention Intervention Increases Fibre and Fruit Intake in Preschool-Aged Children

Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research ◽

10.3148/cjdpr-2017-036 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 79 (2) ◽

pp. 86-90 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Julia A. Mirotta ◽

Gerarda A. Darlington ◽

Andrea C. Buchholz ◽

Jess Haines ◽

David W.L. Ma ◽

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Keyword(s):

Obesity Prevention ◽

Family Health ◽

Home Visits ◽

Health Study ◽

Control Group ◽

Fruit Intake ◽

Health Educator ◽

Prevention Intervention ◽

Home Based ◽

Preschool Aged Children

Purpose: The Guelph Family Health Study (GFHS) pilot was designed to examine the feasibility and effectiveness of a home-based obesity prevention intervention on health behaviours and obesity risk. The objective of this analysis was to determine the effect of the 6-month intervention on preschool-aged children’s dietary intakes. Methods: Families with children aged 1.5–5 years old were randomized to receive one of the following: 4 home visits with a health educator as well as tailored emails and mailed incentives (4HV; n = 19 children); 2 home visits with a health educator as well as tailored emails and mailed incentives (2HV; n = 14 children); or general health advice through emails (control; n = 12 children). Three-day food records were completed by parents for their children before and after the 6-month intervention and analyzed for 3-day average intakes of energy, nutrients, and MyPlate food groups. Results: After the 6-month intervention, the 4HV group had significantly higher fibre intake and the 4HV and 2HV groups had significantly higher fruit intake, both compared with the control group. Conclusions: This study provides support for a home-based intervention approach to improve the diet quality of preschool-aged children.

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Genetic and environmental determinants of stressful life events and their overlap with depression and neuroticism

Wellcome Open Research ◽

10.12688/wellcomeopenres.13893.2 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

pp. 11 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Toni-Kim Clarke ◽

Yanni Zeng ◽

Lauren Navrady ◽

Charley Xia ◽

Chris Haley ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Life Events ◽

Stressful Life Events ◽

Family Health ◽

Stressful Life ◽

Risk Scores ◽

Health Study ◽

Phenotypic Variance ◽

Polygenic Risk ◽

Genetic Overlap

Background: Stressful life events (SLEs) and neuroticism are risk factors for major depressive disorder (MDD). However, SLEs and neuroticism are heritable and genetic risk for SLEs is associated with risk for MDD. We sought to investigate the genetic and environmental contributions to SLEs in a family-based sample, and quantify genetic overlap with MDD and neuroticism. Methods: A subset of Generation Scotland: the Scottish Family Health Study (GS), consisting of 9618 individuals with information on MDD, past 6 month SLEs, neuroticism and genome-wide genotype data was used in the present study. We estimated the heritability of SLEs using GCTA software. The environmental contribution to SLEs was assessed by modelling familial, couple and sibling components. Using polygenic risk scores (PRS) and LD score regression (LDSC) we analysed the genetic overlap between MDD, neuroticism and SLEs. Results: Past 6-month life events were positively associated with lifetime MDD status (β=0.21, r2=1.1%, p=2.5 x 10-25) and neuroticism (β =0.13, r2=1.9%, p=1.04 x 10-37) at the phenotypic level. Common SNPs explained 8% of the phenotypic variance in personal life events (those directly affecting the individual) (S.E.=0.03, p= 9 x 10-4). A significant effect of couple environment was detected accounting for 13% (S.E.=0.03, p=0.016) of the phenotypic variation in SLEs. PRS analyses found that reporting more SLEs was associated with a higher polygenic risk for MDD (β =0.05, r2=0.3%, p=3 x 10-5), but not a higher polygenic risk for neuroticism. LDSC showed a significant genetic correlation between SLEs and both MDD (rG=0.33, S.E.=0.08 ) and neuroticism (rG=0.15, S.E.=0.07). Conclusions: These findings suggest that SLEs should not be regarded solely as environmental risk factors for MDD as they are partially heritable and this heritability is shared with risk for MDD and neuroticism. Further work is needed to determine the causal direction and source of these associations.

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Childhood abuse and psychotic experiences – evidence for mediation by adulthood adverse life events

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences ◽

10.1017/s2045796017000518 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 28 (03) ◽

pp. 300-309 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

V. Bhavsar ◽

J. Boydell ◽

P. McGuire ◽

V. Harris ◽

M. Hotopf ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sexual Abuse ◽

Community Health ◽

Survey Data ◽

Childhood Abuse ◽

Life Events ◽

Health Study ◽

Growing Up ◽

Psychotic Experiences ◽

Adverse Life Events ◽

Specific Effects

Aims.We have previously reported an association between childhood abuse and psychotic experiences (PEs) in survey data from South East London. Childhood abuse is related to subsequent adulthood adversity, which could form one pathway to PEs. We aimed to investigate evidence of mediation of the association between childhood abuse and PEs by adverse life events.Methods.Data were analysed from the South East London Community Health Study (SELCoH,n= 1698). Estimates of the total effects on PEs of any physical or sexual abuse while growing up were partitioned into direct (i.e. unmediated) and indirect (total and specific) effects, mediatedviaviolent and non-violent life events.Results.There was strong statistical evidence for direct (OR 1.58, 95% CI: 1.19–2.1) and indirect (OR 1.51, 95% CI: 1.32–1.72) effects of childhood abuse on PEs after adjustment for potential confounders, indicating partial mediation of this effectviaviolent and non-violent life events. An estimated 47% of the total effect of abuse on PEs was mediatedviaadulthood adverse life events, of which violent life events made up 33% and non-violent life events the remaining 14%.Conclusions.The association between childhood abuse and PEs is partly mediated through the experience of adverse life events in adulthood. There is some evidence that a larger proportion of this effect was mediated through violent life events than non-violent life events.

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Phenotypic and genetic analysis of cognitive performance in Major Depressive Disorder in the Generation Scotland: Scottish Family Health Study

Translational Psychiatry ◽

10.1038/s41398-018-0111-0 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Joeri J. Meijsen ◽

Archie Campbell ◽

Caroline Hayward ◽

David J. Porteous ◽

Ian J. Deary ◽

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Keyword(s):

Major Depressive Disorder ◽

Genetic Analysis ◽

Depressive Disorder ◽

Cognitive Performance ◽

Family Health ◽

Health Study ◽

Major Depressive ◽

Generation Scotland

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The Effect of Simple Suppers, A Family Meal Program, on The Relationship between Children's Food Preparation Skills and Their Involvement in Meal Preparation

Current Developments in Nutrition ◽

10.1093/cdn/nzaa059_077 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_2) ◽

pp. 1360-1360

Author(s):

Ashley Walther ◽

Leah May ◽

Amy Sharn ◽

Miranda Westrick ◽

Carolyn Gunther

Keyword(s):

Head Start ◽

Low Income ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Preschool Age ◽

Family Meals ◽

Food Preparation ◽

Family Meal ◽

Meal Preparation ◽

Child Involvement ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Objectives Examine the relationship between children's food preparation skills and their involvement in meal preparation with their caregiver among families participating in a Head Start family meals program (Simple Suppers). Methods Simple Suppers is an 8-week family meals program tailored to low-income caregivers and their preschool age child(ren). The study design is a single arm pre- to post-test, and the intervention is occurring during the 2019–2020 school year (fall, winter, and spring sessions) at 3 Head Start sites. Caregiver lessons focus on overcoming family meal barriers (i.e., meals on a budget, time saving strategies) through interactive group discussions and goal setting. Child lessons focus on age-appropriate food preparation skills through experiential learning. Children's food preparation skills are assessed via a 9-item questionnaire. Questions are situated on a 4-pt Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree (1pt); 4 = strongly agree (4pt)). Child involvement in meal preparation is assessed with a single item scalar question (0–7 times per week). Pearson correlation was used to examine the relationship between child food preparation skills and involvement in meal preparation. Significance was set at P < 0.05. Results 19 families completed data collection for the fall session. 55.6% were low-income according to federal poverty guidelines, mean (SD) caregiver age was 37.6 (12.1), 94.7% were female, and 84.2% were non-Hispanic Black. Mean (SD) child age was 3.4 (0.5) and 47.6% were female. There was a significant association between the change in child food preparation skills and the level of child involvement in meal preparation with their caregiver (r = 0.62, P < 0.01). Conclusions Preliminary data from this study demonstrate that children's food preparation skills influence the extent to which they are involved in preparing family meals with their caregivers. Funding Sources USDA NIFA CYFAR.

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Role of Embodied Movement in Assessing Creative Behavior in Early Childhood: A Focused Review

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.1177/0031512519868622 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 126 (6) ◽

pp. 1058-1083 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Emily Frith ◽

Paul D. Loprinzi ◽

Stephanie E. Miller

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Young Children ◽

Experimental Research ◽

Creative Thinking ◽

Creative Potential ◽

Creative Behavior ◽

Physical Interactions ◽

One Year ◽

Interactive Play

The controlled measurement of creative potential in early childhood is imperative for researchers seeking to fully understand the initial emergence and development of creativity. Evidence for original ideation has been demonstrated in infants as young as one year old, through their performance of movement-based, interactive creativity tasks. In this focused review of developmental research, we suggest that embodied movements and interactive play may uniquely facilitate creative thinking in early childhood (i.e., from birth to age six). From this review, we propose that embodied movement reinforces physical interactions that influence cognitions underlying creative behavior. Embodied creativity may supplement traditional creativity measures, as young children may be more inclined to represent their inner thoughts and experiences through movement rather than through language alone. Thus, we explored the importance of embodied creativity as a means of informing current researchers about the development of creativity, and we suggest future experimental research in this area.

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