Understanding the influence of physical resources and social supports on primary food providers' snack food provision: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Snack eating occasions contribute approximately a third of children's energy intake, with approximately half of all unhealthy foods consumed during snack times. Therefore, it is critical to understand the drivers of primary food providers' snack provision. The study aims were to determine the relative importance of physical resources and social supports when primary food providers are choosing snacks to provide to their child, and to investigate how these attributes differ in social versus non-social occasions, and between subgroups of primary food providers based on socio-economic position.

Methods

Primary food providers of three to seven-year olds completed an online discrete choice experiment, by making trade-offs when completing repeated, hypothetical choice t

SUBMITTER: Johnson BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7706064 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature