Abstract
Objective: To identify and rank perceived personal benefits from parenting practices that promote intake of calcium-rich foods and beverages (CRF/B) by early adolescents. Methods: A convenience sample of parents/caregivers (n=133) of early adolescents (10-13years) from 6states (CA, HI, MN, OH, OR, UT) participated in a qualitative study using a Nominal Group Technique process. Benefits identified by parents/caregivers were ranked by importance, given a score weight, and summed to create a total weighted score across states. Results: The top benefit from making CRF/B available was parent emotional rewards. The top benefit perceived by parents from role modeling intake of CRF/B and setting expectations for intake of CRB was child health promotion. Conclusions and Implications: Child health promotion and parent emotional rewards were important perceived benefits derived from CRF/B parenting practices, and thus, should be included as the focus of education to increase the frequency of these practices.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 595-601 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1 2014 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This project was funded through money appropriated by Congress through the Hatch Act to the Agricultural Experiment Stations of land grant universities for multistate research projects. The work was conducted at Brigham Young University, University of Minnesota, Utah State University, Oregon State University, The Ohio State University, Oregon State University, Washington State University, University of California-Davis, University of Arizona, and University of Hawaii.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior.
Keywords
- Adolescents
- Availability
- Calcium-rich foods and beverages
- Expectations
- Parents
- Practices
- Role modeling