ERIC Number: EJ946589
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-1499-4046
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Arguments at Mealtime and Child Energy Intake
Burnier, Daniel; Dubois, Lise; Girard, Manon
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, v43 n6 p473-481 Nov-Dec 2011
Objective: To examine how arguments at mealtimes relate to children's daily energy intake. Design: A cross-sectional study using data obtained through the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development 1998-2010 (QLSCD), a representative sample of children born in 1998, in the province of Quebec, Canada. Setting: Face-to-face interviews, questionnaires, and 24-hour dietary recall interviews addressed to children's parents. Participants: One thousand five hundred forty-nine 4-year-old children who participated in a nutrition substudy. Main Outcome Measure: Children's energy intakes were measured through a 24-hour dietary recall interview administered to parents by trained nutritionists, in the children's homes. Analysis: The main associations were examined through chi-square tests of independence and through multivariate logistic regression analyses. Results: The adjusted odds for consuming a high daily energy intake was 2.5 (95% confidence interval: 1.3-4.9) in children who were never exposed to arguments (between parents and children) at mealtimes, in comparison to children who were often or always exposed to arguments. Conclusions and Implications: Mealtimes that are free of arguments, specifically between parents and children, appear to associate with high daily energy intakes in children, even after controlling for other factors, including a child's level of physical activity, eating in front of the television, mother's educational level, and number of overweight parents, among others. (Contains 1 figure and 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Body Height, Physical Activities, Foreign Countries, Child Development, Food, Nutrition, Case Studies, Longitudinal Studies, Interviews, Questionnaires, Children, Parent Attitudes, Recall (Psychology), Correlation, Multivariate Analysis, Parent Child Relationship, Television Viewing, Eating Habits
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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