Factors Associated With Food Texture Acceptance in 4- to 36-Month-Old French Children: Findings From a Survey Study.

ABSTRACT: Food texture plays an important role in food acceptance by young children, especially during the complementary feeding period. The factors driving infant acceptance of a variety of food textures are not well-known. This study summarizes maternal reports of children's ability to eat foods of different textures (here: acceptance) and associated factors. Mothers of 4- to 36-month-old children (n = 2,999) answered an online survey listing 188 food-texture combinations representing three texture levels: purees (T1), soft small pieces (T2), hard/large pieces, and double textures (T3). For each offered combination, they reported whether it was spat out or eaten with or without difficulty by the child. A global food texture acceptance score (TextAcc) was calculated for each child as an indi

SUBMITTER: Tournier C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7882631 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature