Horning Melissa L, Fulkerson Jayne A, Friend Sarah E, Story Mary
School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
J Nutr Educ Behav. 2017 Jan;49(1):60-66.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2016.08.012. Epub 2016 Oct 12.
To investigate reasons why parents purchase prepackaged, processed meals and associations with parental cooking self-efficacy, meal-planning ability, and home food availability.
This secondary data analysis uses Healthy Home Offerings via the Mealtime Environment Plus study data from parents of children aged 8-12 years (n = 160). Associations between reasons why parents purchase prepackaged, processed meals and the outcomes were assessed with chi-square, Fisher exact, and t tests.
The most frequently endorsed reasons for purchasing prepackaged, processed meals included lack of time (57%) and family preferences (49%). Five of 6 reasons were associated with lower parental cooking self-efficacy and meal-planning ability. Some reasons were associated with less-healthful home food environments; few reasons varied by socio-demographic characteristics.
Because lower cooking self-efficacy and meal-planning ability are associated with most reasons reported for purchasing prepackaged, processed meals, strategies to increase these attributes for parents of all backgrounds may reduce reliance on prepackaged processed meals for family mealtimes.
探讨父母购买预包装加工食品的原因,以及这些原因与父母烹饪自我效能感、膳食计划能力和家庭食物供应情况之间的关联。
本二次数据分析使用了“通过用餐环境促进健康家庭供应”研究中的数据,该研究对象为8至12岁儿童的父母(n = 160)。采用卡方检验、费舍尔精确检验和t检验评估父母购买预包装加工食品的原因与各项结果之间的关联。
购买预包装加工食品最常被认可的原因包括时间不足(57%)和家庭偏好(49%)。6个原因中有5个与父母较低的烹饪自我效能感和膳食计划能力相关。一些原因与不太健康的家庭食物环境有关;少数原因因社会人口统计学特征而异。
由于较低的烹饪自我效能感和膳食计划能力与购买预包装加工食品的大多数报告原因相关,因此针对所有背景的父母提高这些特质的策略可能会减少家庭用餐时对预包装加工食品的依赖。