Perceptions of commercial snack food and beverages for infant and young child feeding: A mixed‐methods study among caregivers in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
| العنوان: | Perceptions of commercial snack food and beverages for infant and young child feeding: A mixed‐methods study among caregivers in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal |
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| المؤلفون: | Suzanne Filteau, Nisha Sharma, Elizabeth Zehner, Alissa M. Pries, Atul Kumar Upadhyay, Elaine L. Ferguson |
| المصدر: | Maternal & Child Nutrition |
| بيانات النشر: | Wiley, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | double burden, Male, 0301 basic medicine, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Nepali, Double burden, Psychological intervention, Supplement Articles, Snack food, 0302 clinical medicine, complementary foods, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, media_common, Nutrition and Dietetics, digestive, oral, and skin physiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Focus Groups, Middle Aged, nutrition, Caregivers, language, Supplement Article, Female, Nutritive Value, Adult, Adolescent, media_common.quotation_subject, Diet Surveys, complementary feeding, Beverages, Nutrient density, Food Preferences, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, Nepal, snack, Perception, Environmental health, Humans, Aged, 030109 nutrition & dietetics, Young child, business.industry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infant, Focus group, language.human_language, Cross-Sectional Studies, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Fast Foods, Snacks, business |
| الوصف: | Ensuring nutritious complementary feeding is vital for child nutrition. Prior research in Kathmandu Valley found high consumption rates of commercially produced snack foods among young children, which are often energy‐dense/nutrient poor. This mixed‐methods study was conducted to elicit Nepali caregivers' perceptions of commercial snack foods and beverages and factors influencing their use for young child feeding. Seven facilitated focus group discussions (FGD) were conducted with Kathmandu Valley caregivers of children 12–23 months, and a survey of 745 primary caregivers of children 12–23 months of age was then conducted. During the FGD, caregivers reported commonly providing commercial food and beverage products to their children as snacks, and 98.6% of caregivers participating in the survey reported feeding their child such a food in the previous week. Because of processing and packaging, snack foods were not trusted by many FGD participants and considered as “junk foods” and not healthy for children. However, commercial snack foods were consistently ranked highly on convenience, both because of minimal preparation and ease of feeding; 48.5% of all surveyed caregivers reported providing a snack food because of convenience. Other family members' diets or provision of snack foods as treats also influenced children's consumption of these snack foods and beverages. This study indicates that caregivers of young children prefer snack options that are nutrient rich; however, this may conflict with preferences for foods that require minimal preparation and are appealing to young children. Such findings carry programmatic implications for interventions aiming to address children's diet quality in urban Nepal. |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| تدمد: | 1740-8709 1740-8695 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::f46060110e443c563c757cfed75c58d3 https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12711 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....f46060110e443c563c757cfed75c58d3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 17408709 17408695 |
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