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Early childhood family background predicts meal frequency behaviour in children: Five-year follow-up study

AIMS: Childhood nutrition patterns have an important role in later health. We studied the role of family type, other family background factors and their changes over a five-year follow-up with respect to meal frequency among children. METHODS: Longitudinal data were collected in 2007–2009 and 2013–2...

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Autores principales: Parikka, Suvi, Martelin, Tuija, Karvonen, Sakari, Levälahti, Esko, Kestilä, Laura, Laatikainen, Tiina
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Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9720452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34904484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14034948211058544
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author Parikka, Suvi
Martelin, Tuija
Karvonen, Sakari
Levälahti, Esko
Kestilä, Laura
Laatikainen, Tiina
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Martelin, Tuija
Karvonen, Sakari
Levälahti, Esko
Kestilä, Laura
Laatikainen, Tiina
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description AIMS: Childhood nutrition patterns have an important role in later health. We studied the role of family type, other family background factors and their changes over a five-year follow-up with respect to meal frequency among children. METHODS: Longitudinal data were collected in 2007–2009 and 2013–2014. A nationally representative sample of Finnish children (n = 1822) aged 0.5–5 years at baseline and 5–10 years at follow-up and their families were used. The participation rate was 83% at baseline and 54% at follow-up. Meal frequency was defined as four to six meals per day. The associations of meal frequency with family background factors over a five-year follow-up period were examined by bivariate and multivariate regression analyses. RESULTS: Eighty-nine per cent of the 5–10-year-old boys and girls had the recommended meal frequency at follow-up. Living in a single-parent family at baseline increased the risk of not eating the recommended number of meals compared with those living in intact families. After adjustments, a mother’s low level of education (OR 0.51, CI 0.29–0.93) and a decrease in income sufficiency (OR 0.54, CI 0.35–0.84) during the follow-up period were unfavourably associated with the recommended meal frequency. The difference between children in stable single-parent, reconstituted or joint physical custody families and those living in stable intact families remained significant when controlling for other variables. CONCLUSIONS: Single-parent families with a low socioeconomic position represent important target groups for interventions designed to promote regular meal frequency.
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spelling pubmed-97204522022-12-06 Early childhood family background predicts meal frequency behaviour in children: Five-year follow-up study Parikka, Suvi Martelin, Tuija Karvonen, Sakari Levälahti, Esko Kestilä, Laura Laatikainen, Tiina Scand J Public Health Original Articles AIMS: Childhood nutrition patterns have an important role in later health. We studied the role of family type, other family background factors and their changes over a five-year follow-up with respect to meal frequency among children. METHODS: Longitudinal data were collected in 2007–2009 and 2013–2014. A nationally representative sample of Finnish children (n = 1822) aged 0.5–5 years at baseline and 5–10 years at follow-up and their families were used. The participation rate was 83% at baseline and 54% at follow-up. Meal frequency was defined as four to six meals per day. The associations of meal frequency with family background factors over a five-year follow-up period were examined by bivariate and multivariate regression analyses. RESULTS: Eighty-nine per cent of the 5–10-year-old boys and girls had the recommended meal frequency at follow-up. Living in a single-parent family at baseline increased the risk of not eating the recommended number of meals compared with those living in intact families. After adjustments, a mother’s low level of education (OR 0.51, CI 0.29–0.93) and a decrease in income sufficiency (OR 0.54, CI 0.35–0.84) during the follow-up period were unfavourably associated with the recommended meal frequency. The difference between children in stable single-parent, reconstituted or joint physical custody families and those living in stable intact families remained significant when controlling for other variables. CONCLUSIONS: Single-parent families with a low socioeconomic position represent important target groups for interventions designed to promote regular meal frequency. SAGE Publications 2021-12-14 2022-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9720452/ /pubmed/34904484 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14034948211058544 Text en © Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage)
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Parikka, Suvi
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Karvonen, Sakari
Levälahti, Esko
Kestilä, Laura
Laatikainen, Tiina
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title Early childhood family background predicts meal frequency behaviour in children: Five-year follow-up study
title_full Early childhood family background predicts meal frequency behaviour in children: Five-year follow-up study
title_fullStr Early childhood family background predicts meal frequency behaviour in children: Five-year follow-up study
title_full_unstemmed Early childhood family background predicts meal frequency behaviour in children: Five-year follow-up study
title_short Early childhood family background predicts meal frequency behaviour in children: Five-year follow-up study
title_sort early childhood family background predicts meal frequency behaviour in children: five-year follow-up study
topic Original Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9720452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34904484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14034948211058544
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