Exploring Feeding Practices and Food Literacy in Parents with Young Children from Disadvantaged Areas.

ABSTRACT: Early childhood provides an opportunity to optimize growth and development and parents play a fundamental role in forming healthy eating habits in their children. A healthy diet improves quality of life and wellbeing and reduces the risk of chronic disease. The aim of this research was to explore parents' experiences of feeding 0-5-year-old children and food literacy behaviors. This qualitative study employed a general inductive inquiry approach. Participants were recruited through community-based parenting organizations in disadvantaged areas. Eight focus groups were conducted with 67 parents (92.5% female) living in socially disadvantaged areas within metropolitan Perth of Western Australia. Ten themes emerged from the preliminary analysis and were aligned with domains of relatedness, au

SUBMITTER: Tartaglia J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7915516 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature