Sdravou Katerina, Fotoulaki Maria, Emmanouilidou-Fotoulaki Elpida, Andreoulakis Elias, Makris Giorgos, Sotiriadou Fotini, Printza Athanasia
4th Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General "Papageorgiou" Hospital, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Adult Psychiatric Unit, Hellenic Centre for Mental Health and Research, Department of Thessaloniki, 36 Kaftatzoglou Str., 55337 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Children (Basel). 2021 May 13;8(5):388. doi: 10.3390/children8050388.
Feeding problems have been estimated to occur in approximately 25-45% of normally developing children. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of feeding problems in typically developing young children in Greece. Child feeding behavior, parents' feelings about their child's feeding patterns, and parental feeding practices were also explored. Parents completed the Greek version of the Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding Assessment Scale (BPFAS). Data on 742 healthy, typically developing children aged two to seven years are presented. Overall, the majority of children in the sample showed high frequency of desirable mealtime behaviors and low frequency of undesirable mealtime behaviors. However, a significant proportion of the cohort presented with food neophobia and low consumption of vegetables. When applying test cut-off scores, it was found that 8.2% of the sample had abnormal Total Frequency Score (TFS) and 26.6% had abnormal Total Problem Score (TPS). The study showed that parent-reported feeding problems are quite common in children of typical development in Greece. Moreover, while the majority of the sample displayed a high frequency of favorable behaviors, specific child feeding behaviors are amenable to improvement.
据估计，约25%-45%发育正常的儿童存在喂养问题。本研究旨在调查希腊发育正常幼儿中喂养问题的患病率。同时还探讨了儿童的喂养行为、父母对其子女喂养模式的感受以及父母的喂养方式。父母完成了希腊语版的《行为儿科学喂养评估量表》（BPFAS）。本文呈现了742名2至7岁健康、发育正常儿童的数据。总体而言，样本中的大多数儿童进餐时出现期望行为的频率较高，出现不良进餐行为的频率较低。然而，相当比例的队列儿童存在食物新恐惧症，蔬菜摄入量较低。应用测试临界分数时发现，样本中有8.2%的儿童总频率得分（TFS）异常，26.6%的儿童总问题得分（TPS）异常。该研究表明，在希腊发育正常的儿童中，父母报告的喂养问题相当普遍。此外，虽然大多数样本表现出较高频率的良好行为，但特定的儿童喂养行为仍有改善空间。
