Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Acton, Canberra 2601, Australia.
School of Human Ecology, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Nonthaburi 11120, Thailand.
Nutrients. 2021 Apr 3;13(4):1186. doi: 10.3390/nu13041186.
Social media is increasingly becoming a significant source of information for parents, including about feeding young children. However, little attention has been given to the characteristics of recipes for infants and young children and how they interact with parental perceptions regarding food decisions shared by users on social media. Building on findings related to shared recipe components and parental food choices, between December 2019 and July 2020, this study retrospectively collected 80 shared recipes each from five Thai Facebook groups. This extraction created 379 shared recipes with 1751 peers' commentaries on the shared recipes' posts. The shared recipes were classified and components quantified across child age groups, then the textual contents around the reasons behind the food choices were described qualitatively. The results showed that there were differences in meal types, food ingredients, and seasoning used across child age groups. Further analysis found that food allergy awareness was one driving concern behind parental perceptions on food choices in children's diets. These concerns resulted in delays in the introduction of animal-source foods. Moreover, peers' commentaries on shared recipes offered a venue for exchanging experiences with food products. Because of the potential influence on parental beliefs and perceptions, further studies are required to understand the impact of existing online communities on actual feeding practices.
社交媒体越来越成为父母获取信息的重要来源，包括有关喂养幼儿的信息。然而，很少有人关注婴儿和幼儿食谱的特点，以及它们如何与用户在社交媒体上分享的有关食物决策的父母观念相互作用。本研究基于与共享食谱成分和父母食物选择相关的发现，于 2019 年 12 月至 2020 年 7 月，从五个泰国 Facebook 群组中分别回顾性地收集了 80 个共享食谱。此次提取创建了 379 个共享食谱，在共享食谱帖子上有 1751 条同伴对共享食谱的评论。对共享食谱进行分类并对各年龄段儿童的成分进行量化，然后对食物选择背后的原因进行定性描述。结果表明，不同年龄段儿童的膳食类型、食物成分和调味料存在差异。进一步分析发现，食物过敏意识是父母对儿童饮食中食物选择观念的一个驱动因素。这些担忧导致动物源食品的引入推迟。此外，共享食谱的同伴评论为交流与食品相关的经验提供了一个场所。由于对父母信念和观念可能产生的影响，需要进一步研究来了解现有在线社区对实际喂养实践的影响。
