An examination of relevant factors attributable to child health, food behavior, and lifestyle concerns of parents with infants aged at least 18 months: With a view to expanding into Shokuiku (food and nutrition education)
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- HORIE Saki
- Research Course, National Institute of Public Health
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- ISHIKAWA Midori
- Department of Health Promotion, National Institute of Public Health
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- MORINAGA Yumiko
- Department of Nursing Science, Okayama Prefectural University
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- YOKOYAMA Tetsuji
- Department of Health Promotion, National Institute of Public Health
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 幼児の健康・食行動・生活習慣への保護者の心配事とその関連要因：食育への展開を視野に
Abstract
<p>Objectives This study focused on food after weaning and examined the children's diet and home environmental factors that influence parents' concerns during health checkup for infants (aged 1.6 and 3 years).</p><p>Methods In the analysis, 646 participants, excluding invalid responses, who cooperated with the survey during health checkup for 1.6- and 3-year-old in the Tohoku, Chubu, and Chugoku regions from March 2019 to January 2020, were included. The survey included 56 items of dietary, lifestyle, and health concerns (yes/no answers), child attributes, and frequency of food intake (six options, 18 types). Concern factors were extracted by factor analysis. The association between the worry scores and each factor was analyzed.</p><p>Results The 1.6- and 3-year-olds were associated with high scores for (health awareness and lifestyle) and low fruit intake, high salty snacks intake, and low subjective economic status, high scores for (diet content and atmosphere) and low intakes of carotene-rich vegetables, other vegetables, seaweed, and fruits, high scores for (interest and motivation in food) and low carotene-rich vegetables intake, high scores for (food experience and behavior) and high cereals (bread) intake, low subjective economic status. The 3-year-olds were associated with high scores and being boys.</p><p>Conclusion We extracted four worry factors that parents with children after the weaning period have and clarified the factors related to each factor and group characteristics.</p>
Journal
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- Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi(JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH)
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Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi(JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH) 71 (4), 209-219, 2024-04-15
Japanese Society of Public Health