The associations between feeding difficulties and behaviours and dietary patterns at 2 years of age: the ALSPAC cohort.

ABSTRACT: Little is known about the dietary patterns of toddlers. This period of life is important for forming good dietary habits later in life. Using dietary data collected via food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) at 2 years of age, we examined the dietary patterns of children from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Principal component analysis was performed for 9599 children and three patterns were extracted: 'family foods' associated with traditional British family foods such as meat, fish, puddings, potatoes and vegetables; 'sweet and easy' associated with foods high in sugar (sweets, chocolate, fizzy drinks, flavoured milks) and foods requiring little preparation (crisps, potatoes, baked beans, peas, soup); 'health conscious' associated with fruit, vegetables, eggs, nu

SUBMITTER: Northstone K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6860698 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature