Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Brittni Naylor Metoyer, Ru-Jye Chuang, MinJae Lee, Christine Markham, Eric L. Brown, Maha Almohamad, Jayna M. Dave, Shreela V. Sharma
Summary: This study examined the associations between parent and child fruit and vegetable intake and the home nutrition environment among Hispanic/Latino and African American families, and found that the relationship varied by race and ethnicity. Future programs should consider designing culturally tailored interventions to address racial/ethnic-specific influences.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Gertrude G. Zeinstra, Sandra van der Haar, Annemien Haveman-Nies
Summary: This observational study evaluated two promising strategies to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in school children, finding that a 5-day-a-week F&V policy and free provision of F&V in an attractive fruit bowl significantly increased children's F&V consumption and likelihood of eating F&V.
Review
Pediatrics
Elizabeth Beals, Andrea Deierlein, Michelle Katzow
Summary: The purpose of this review is to summarize the effectiveness of behavioral interventions in increasing vegetable intake in children in the pediatric primary care setting. Analysis of ten published studies found that parental role-modeling and frequent reminders have a positive impact on increasing children's vegetable intake, although the quality of the studies needs improvement.
CURRENT OPINION IN PEDIATRICS
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Mattea Dallacker, Vanessa Knobl, Ralph Hertwig, Jutta Mata
Summary: Family meals are crucial for shaping children's food choices, and extending mealtime duration can increase children's intake of fruits and vegetables.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Menglong Li, Nubiya Amaerjiang, Ziang Li, Huidi Xiao, Jiawulan Zunong, Lifang Gao, Sten H. Vermund, Yifei Hu
Summary: Insufficient fruit and vegetable intake and low potassium intake are associated with early renal damage in children, highlighting the importance of promoting healthy lifestyles, especially adequate fruit and vegetable intake.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Yue Xi, Yan Liu, Qiping Yang, Hanmei Liu, Jing Luo, Yufeng Ouyang, Minghui Sun, Jiaqi Huo, Jiaojiao Zou, Qian Lin
Summary: This study found that toddlers with severe food neophobia have lower frequency of consuming vegetables and fruits, lower dietary diversity scores, and higher intake of snacks and sugary sweetened beverages. Leafy and flowering vegetables, meat and poultry, and cucurbitaceous vegetables were the top three rejected foods among children with high food neophobia. These findings indicate the impact of food neophobia on toddlers' dietary quality.
FOOD QUALITY AND PREFERENCE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kohei Ogawa, Kyongsun Pak, Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada, Kazue Ishitsuka, Hatoko Sasaki, Hidetoshi Mezawa, Mayako Saito-Abe, Miori Sato, Limin Yang, Minaho Nishizato, Mizuho Konishi, Haruhiko Sago, Yukihiro Ohya
Summary: The study found little to no association between maternal intake of vegetables and related nutrients during pregnancy and allergic outcomes in offspring at one year of age.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Mayra G. Hernandez Sanchez, Sarah Bellini, William F. Christensen, Laura K. Jefferies, James D. Lecheminant, Emily V. Patten, Alisha H. Redelfs, Nathan Stokes, Jacklyn Wang, Micaela Rennick, Kelsey Anderson, Joli Hunt, Gene J. Ahlborn
Summary: This study examined the impact of combining vegetables with potatoes on vegetable consumption among children in school meals. The results showed that combining potatoes with vegetables, especially when using shaped potato faces, can promote healthier eating habits among children.
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Wei-Jun Jean Yeung, Haibin Li
Summary: This paper examines educational resilience in Asian societies, emphasizing the importance of factors from the school, home, and community in increasing students' chances of success and buffering the effects of family stressors on academic and personal success.
SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Camille Schwartz, Ophelie Person, Emilie Szleper, Sophie Nicklaus, Carole Tournier
Summary: This study examined the effects of consuming apple segments vs. applesauce as a mid-afternoon snack on hunger and subsequent food intake in children. The findings suggest that the form of the fruit offered does not impact food intake directly, but children who eat faster tend to consume more food. Eating rate for cottage cheese was correlated with applesauce but not with apple segments, highlighting the importance of considering children's oral processing skills in satiation mechanisms.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Ni Li, Xiaoting Wu, Wen Zhuang, Chuncheng Wu, Zhiyong Rao, Liang Du, Yong Zhou
Summary: Consumption of cruciferous vegetables and isothiocyanate intake are associated with reduced risk of all-cause mortality, cancers, and depression. However, more research is needed to further investigate the evidence in this area.
Article
Food Science & Technology
N. Rigal, A. Salmon-Legagneur, P. Hebel, D. Cassuto, N. Politzer
Summary: Experimental studies have shown that sensory education can reduce children's neophobia and improve sensory discrimination, but its effect on children's food consumption, particularly fruit and vegetable variety, requires further investigation. A family-based sensory program over five months prevented a decrease in vegetable variety among children, suggesting potential benefits of sensory education in family settings.
FOOD QUALITY AND PREFERENCE
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Natasha Brasington, Tamara Bucher, Emma L. Beckett
Summary: Vegetable intakes among Australians are low, and the use of convenience cooking products is associated with lower vegetable intakes and variety. The findings provide a baseline for future changes in product design and recommendations.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Meng-Jin Hu, Jiang-Shan Tan, Xiao-Jin Gao, Jin-Gang Yang, Yue-Jin Yang
Summary: This study found causally inverse associations between cheese intake and type 2 diabetes, heart failure, coronary heart disease, hypertension, and ischemic stroke through Mendelian randomization analysis.
Article
Pediatrics
Margaret F. Keil, Adela Leahu, Megan Rescigno, Jennifer Myles, Constantine A. Stratakis
Summary: This study highlights the deficits in growth and cognition in adopted children from institutionalized care, with family cohesion and expressiveness serving as protective factors against behavioral issues and family conflict associated with increased risk for executive dysfunction. The findings suggest the importance of early assessment of child temperament and parenting context to optimize child development in adoptive families.
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
(2022)