Picky eating and food neophobia: Resemblance and agreement in parent/young adult dyads

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Anjeli Elkins, Hana F Zickgraf

Abstract

To explore selective eating in two samples: young adults and their middle aged parents, including the relationship between food neophobia and picky eating in each, resemblance between children and parents in these eating behaviors, agreement between child self-report and parent report on children's eating, and the relationship between parent eating behavior and parent-report on children's eating. We also explored the relationship between socioeconomic status and picky eating and food neophobia in each sample. University students responded to questionnaires assessing picky eating and food neophobia. Their parents were contacted and asked to complete the same measure about their own picky- and food neophobic behaviors and to report on their child's current picky eating and food neophobia. The final sample included 109 biological parent-child pairs. There were large positive correlations between food neophobia and picky eating in both samples. There were positive associations between parents' and children's self-reported selective eating behaviors. There was evidence of parent-child agreement in reporting on the child's selective eating, but also considerable variability between raters. This variability between child self-report a...Continue Reading

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Aug 25, 2019·Current Gastroenterology Reports·Kim MilanoBenny Kerzner
Mar 20, 2020·Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology : the Official Journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53·Hana F ZickgrafGregory L Wallace
Nov 5, 2019·Nutrition & Dietetics : the Journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia·Alexandra CostaAndreia Oliveira
Feb 20, 2021·International Journal of Obesity : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·Stephen J MolitorAmy C Gross
Aug 28, 2021·Foods·Zoltán SzakályNikolett Balsa-Budai

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