Understanding maternal food choice for preschool children across urban-rural settings in Vietnam
Improving diet quality of preschool children is challenging in countries undergoing food environment and nutrition transition. However, few studies have sought to understand how mothers in these countries decide what and how to feed their children. This study aims to explore maternal experiences, pe...
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| author | Duong, C. Jenkins, M. Pyo, E. Nguyen, Phuong Hong Tuyen Huynh Hung Nguyen-Viet Young, M.F. Ramakrishnan, U. |
| author_browse | Duong, C. Hung Nguyen-Viet Jenkins, M. Nguyen, Phuong Hong Pyo, E. Ramakrishnan, U. Tuyen Huynh Young, M.F. |
| author_facet | Duong, C. Jenkins, M. Pyo, E. Nguyen, Phuong Hong Tuyen Huynh Hung Nguyen-Viet Young, M.F. Ramakrishnan, U. |
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| description | Improving diet quality of preschool children is challenging in countries undergoing food environment and nutrition transition. However, few studies have sought to understand how mothers in these countries decide what and how to feed their children. This study aims to explore maternal experiences, perspectives and beliefs when making food choice decisions for preschool children in urban, peri-urban and rural areas in northern Vietnam. Two focus group discussions and 24 in-depth interviews were carried out and analysed using thematic analysis. The results showed that mothers across the urban–rural spectrum shared the intention to feed children safe, nutritious food for better health and weight gain while satisfying child food preferences to improve appetite and eating enjoyment. These food choice intentions were embedded within family food traditions, whereby mothers emphasised nutritious food and adopted strict feeding styles during lunch and dinner but were flexible and accommodating of child preferences during breakfast and side meals. These intentions were also embedded within the physical food environment, which provided a mix of healthy and unhealthy food through informal food retailers. Despite these intentions, mothers faced financial constraints and difficulties in managing children's refusal to chew, changes in eating mood and strong eating temperament. These findings support policies to limit the presence of unhealthy food in informal food retail and encourage meal-specific feeding strategies to help children enjoy nutritious food, transition from soft to textured food and become more cooperative during mealtime. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1253942025-06-13T18:13:32Z Understanding maternal food choice for preschool children across urban-rural settings in Vietnam Duong, C. Jenkins, M. Pyo, E. Nguyen, Phuong Hong Tuyen Huynh Hung Nguyen-Viet Young, M.F. Ramakrishnan, U. nutrition health food environment child development nutrition policies weight urban areas food retail mothers children peri-urban agriculture diet rural areas food choice finance Improving diet quality of preschool children is challenging in countries undergoing food environment and nutrition transition. However, few studies have sought to understand how mothers in these countries decide what and how to feed their children. This study aims to explore maternal experiences, perspectives and beliefs when making food choice decisions for preschool children in urban, peri-urban and rural areas in northern Vietnam. Two focus group discussions and 24 in-depth interviews were carried out and analysed using thematic analysis. The results showed that mothers across the urban–rural spectrum shared the intention to feed children safe, nutritious food for better health and weight gain while satisfying child food preferences to improve appetite and eating enjoyment. These food choice intentions were embedded within family food traditions, whereby mothers emphasised nutritious food and adopted strict feeding styles during lunch and dinner but were flexible and accommodating of child preferences during breakfast and side meals. These intentions were also embedded within the physical food environment, which provided a mix of healthy and unhealthy food through informal food retailers. Despite these intentions, mothers faced financial constraints and difficulties in managing children's refusal to chew, changes in eating mood and strong eating temperament. These findings support policies to limit the presence of unhealthy food in informal food retail and encourage meal-specific feeding strategies to help children enjoy nutritious food, transition from soft to textured food and become more cooperative during mealtime. 2023-01 2022-11-09T18:27:21Z 2022-11-09T18:27:21Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125394 en Open Access Wiley Duong, C., Jenkins, M., Pyo, E., Phuong Hong Nguyen, Tuyen Huynh, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Young, M.F. and Ramakrishnan, U. 2023. Understanding maternal food choice for preschool children across urban-rural settings in Vietnam. Maternal & Child Nutrition 19(1): e13435. |
| spellingShingle | nutrition health food environment child development nutrition policies weight urban areas food retail mothers children peri-urban agriculture diet rural areas food choice finance Duong, C. Jenkins, M. Pyo, E. Nguyen, Phuong Hong Tuyen Huynh Hung Nguyen-Viet Young, M.F. Ramakrishnan, U. Understanding maternal food choice for preschool children across urban-rural settings in Vietnam |
| title | Understanding maternal food choice for preschool children across urban-rural settings in Vietnam |
| title_full | Understanding maternal food choice for preschool children across urban-rural settings in Vietnam |
| title_fullStr | Understanding maternal food choice for preschool children across urban-rural settings in Vietnam |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding maternal food choice for preschool children across urban-rural settings in Vietnam |
| title_short | Understanding maternal food choice for preschool children across urban-rural settings in Vietnam |
| title_sort | understanding maternal food choice for preschool children across urban rural settings in vietnam |
| topic | nutrition health food environment child development nutrition policies weight urban areas food retail mothers children peri-urban agriculture diet rural areas food choice finance |
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