Parental concerns about complementary feeding: differences according to interviews with mothers with children of 7 and 13 months of age
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Standard
Parental concerns about complementary feeding : differences according to interviews with mothers with children of 7 and 13 months of age. / Nielsen, Annemette; Michaelsen, Kim F.; Holm, Lotte.
In: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 67, No. 11, 2013, p. 1157-1162.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Harvard
APA
Vancouver
Author
Bibtex
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Parental concerns about complementary feeding
T2 - differences according to interviews with mothers with children of 7 and 13 months of age
AU - Nielsen, Annemette
AU - Michaelsen, Kim F.
AU - Holm, Lotte
N1 - CURIS 2013 NEXS 241
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Background/objectives:To investigate and analyze differences in parental concerns during earlier and later phases of complementary feeding.Subject/methods:Eight focus group interviews were conducted with 45 mothers of children aged 7 or 13 months. Deductive and inductive coding procedures were applied in the analysis.Results:There were marked differences in mothers' health concerns in early and in later phases of complementary feeding. In the early phase, feeding a child healthy food was an unquestioned and self-evident practice. The child's food was a specific category, separated from the rest of the family's food, and the mother's focus was on the immediate well-being and safety of the child. In the later phase, health concerns shifted towards a longer-term perspective, and the aim of integrating the child into the family's social world became as important as concerns about well-being and safety. Contested and partly contradictory practices resulted, including conscious acceptance of some intake of sugar and unhealthy fats. Perceived relevance of nutritional guidelines on complementary feeding was high in the early phase but declined later.Conclusion:Mothers' concerns and practices in the feeding of a young child vary considerably across the early and later phases of complementary feeding. This should be explored further and taken into consideration in the targeting and timing of dietary guideline communications.European Journal of Clinical Nutrition advance online publication, 18 September 2013; doi:10.1038/ejcn.2013.165.
AB - Background/objectives:To investigate and analyze differences in parental concerns during earlier and later phases of complementary feeding.Subject/methods:Eight focus group interviews were conducted with 45 mothers of children aged 7 or 13 months. Deductive and inductive coding procedures were applied in the analysis.Results:There were marked differences in mothers' health concerns in early and in later phases of complementary feeding. In the early phase, feeding a child healthy food was an unquestioned and self-evident practice. The child's food was a specific category, separated from the rest of the family's food, and the mother's focus was on the immediate well-being and safety of the child. In the later phase, health concerns shifted towards a longer-term perspective, and the aim of integrating the child into the family's social world became as important as concerns about well-being and safety. Contested and partly contradictory practices resulted, including conscious acceptance of some intake of sugar and unhealthy fats. Perceived relevance of nutritional guidelines on complementary feeding was high in the early phase but declined later.Conclusion:Mothers' concerns and practices in the feeding of a young child vary considerably across the early and later phases of complementary feeding. This should be explored further and taken into consideration in the targeting and timing of dietary guideline communications.European Journal of Clinical Nutrition advance online publication, 18 September 2013; doi:10.1038/ejcn.2013.165.
U2 - 10.1038/ejcn.2013.165
DO - 10.1038/ejcn.2013.165
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24045795
VL - 67
SP - 1157
EP - 1162
JO - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
JF - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
SN - 0954-3007
IS - 11
ER -
ID: 50901183