Rolf Katarzyna, Cebulak Tomasz, Kmiecik Katarzyna
Department of Food Technology and Human Nutrition, University of Rzeszow, Poland.
Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig. 2024 Dec 20;75(4):349-358. doi: 10.32394/rpzh/202099.
The early school period is essential in shaping dietary habits. This process is largely dependent on the nutritional knowledge of parents and caregivers.
To assess the impact of parents' nutritional knowledge on the frequency of consumption of selected groups of food products by their children at early-school aged.
The survey, in the form of an online survey, was conducted among parents of children from grades 1-3. The study included 179 children aged 6-11 years (mean 8.1), 54.5% of whom were girls. Questions about children's eating habits included the frequency of consumption of specific product groups (fruits, vegetables, dairy products, whole grain cereal products, fish, meat, cold cuts, legumes, nuts and seeds, eggs, sweets). Nutritional knowledge was determined on the basis of parents' self-assessment. Statistical analysis included a heat map and Pearson correlation.
A high level of nutritional knowledge of parents was associated with a high correlation in the consumption of fruits and vegetables (0.64), and in the case of vegetable consumption with a high correlation with the consumption of whole grains and legumes. Negative correlations were found between meat consumption and consumption of vegetables, whole grains and legumes. In the nutrition model of children of people declaring a lack of nutritional knowledge, a strong positive correlation was also found between the consumption of fruit and vegetables (0.72), vegetables and meat (0.75), as well as nuts and milk (0.75). The consumption of sweets was strongly correlated with the consumption of fish, legumes and cold cuts, and negatively correlated with the consumption of whole grains, meat and nuts. The heat map shows a clearly higher consumption of sweets and cold cuts among children of people declaring a lack of nutritional knowledge.
Research confirms that parents' high nutritional knowledge is associated healthier food choices for their children.
早期学校阶段对于塑造饮食习惯至关重要。这一过程在很大程度上依赖于父母及照料者的营养知识。
评估父母的营养知识对其学龄前儿童特定食品组消费频率的影响。
以在线调查的形式对一至三年级学生的家长进行了调查。该研究纳入了179名6至11岁的儿童（平均年龄8.1岁），其中54.5%为女孩。关于儿童饮食习惯的问题包括特定产品组（水果、蔬菜、乳制品、全谷物谷类产品、鱼、肉、冷切肉、豆类、坚果和种子、鸡蛋、甜食）的消费频率。营养知识是根据父母的自我评估确定的。统计分析包括热图和皮尔逊相关性分析。
父母较高的营养知识水平与水果和蔬菜消费的高相关性相关（0.64），就蔬菜消费而言，与全谷物和豆类消费的高相关性相关。在肉类消费与蔬菜、全谷物和豆类消费之间发现了负相关性。在宣称缺乏营养知识的人群的儿童营养模式中，水果和蔬菜消费之间（0.72）、蔬菜和肉类消费之间（0.75）以及坚果和牛奶消费之间（0.75）也发现了强正相关性。甜食的消费与鱼、豆类和冷切肉的消费密切相关，与全谷物、肉类和坚果的消费呈负相关。热图显示，宣称缺乏营养知识的人群的子女中，甜食和冷切肉的消费量明显更高。
研究证实，父母较高的营养知识与为子女做出更健康的食物选择相关。
