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Associations between physical home environmental factors and vegetable consumption among Norwegian 3-5-year-olds: the BRA-study.

Associations between physical home environmental factors and vegetable consumption among Norwegian 3-5-year-olds: the BRA-study.

Authors :
Kristiansen, Anne Lene
Bjelland, Mona
Himberg-Sundet, Anne
Lien, Nanna
Andersen, Lene Frost
Source :
Public Health Nutrition; May2017, Vol. 20 Issue 7, p1173-1183, 11p
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

ObjectiveFirst, to explore item pools developed to measure the physical home environment of pre-school children and assess the psychometric properties of these item pools; second, to explore associations between this environment and vegetable consumption among Norwegian 3–5-year-olds.DesignData were collected in three steps: (i) a parental web-based questionnaire assessing the child’s vegetable intake and factors potentially influencing the child’s vegetable consumption; (ii) direct observation of the children’s fruit, berry and vegetable intakes at two meals in one day in the kindergarten; and (iii) a parental web-based 24 h recall.SettingThe target group for this study was pre-school children born in 2010 and 2011, attending public or private kindergartens in the counties of Vestfold and Buskerud, Norway.SubjectsA total of 633 children participated.ResultsPrincipal component analysis on the thirteen-item pool assessing availability/accessibility resulted in two factors labelled ‘availability at home’ and ‘accessibility at home’, while the eight-item pool assessing barriers resulted in two factors labelled ‘serving barriers’ and ‘purchase barriers’. The psychometric properties of these factors were satisfactory. Linear regression of the associations between vegetable intake and the factors showed generally positive associations with ‘availability at home’ and ‘accessibility at home’ and negative associations with ‘serving barriers’.ConclusionsThis age group has so far been understudied and there is a need for comparable studies. Our findings highlight the importance of targeting the physical home environment of pre-school children in future interventions as there are important modifiable factors that both promote and hinder vegetable consumption in this environment. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13689800
Volume :
20
Issue :
7
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Public Health Nutrition
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
122767551
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980016003396