Parental stress, food parenting practices and child snack intake during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19
Diet
Feeding
Parents
Stress
Journal
Appetite
ISSN: 1095-8304
Titre abrégé: Appetite
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8006808
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 06 2021
01 06 2021
Historique:
received:
31
07
2020
revised:
28
11
2020
accepted:
09
01
2021
pubmed:
16
1
2021
medline:
7
4
2021
entrez:
15
1
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions to the lives of families. This study aimed to investigate the impact of pandemic-associated stress on food parenting practices including interactions surrounding snacks, and child diet. Parents (N = 318) of 2-12-year old children completed a cross-sectional online survey assessing current COVID-19-specific stress, pre-COVID-19 stress, financial stress (e.g. food insecurity), food parenting practices, and child snack intake frequency. Structural Equation Modeling was used to model simultaneous paths of relationships and test direct and indirect effects. Stress, including financial hardship, was higher compared with before the crisis. The majority of children had regular mealtimes and irregular snack times. Higher COVID-19-specific stress was associated with more non-nutritive use of food and snacks (e.g. emotional and instrumental feeding), but also more structure and positive interactions (e.g. eating with or engaging with child around mealtimes). Higher COVID-19-specific stress was also associated with greater child intake frequency of sweet and savory snacks, with some evidence for mediation by snack parenting practices. Our findings indicate that stress associated with the COVID-19 pandemic may be linked to child snack intake with potential impacts on child obesity risk, and suggest several modifiable points of intervention within the family context.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions to the lives of families. This study aimed to investigate the impact of pandemic-associated stress on food parenting practices including interactions surrounding snacks, and child diet.
METHODS
Parents (N = 318) of 2-12-year old children completed a cross-sectional online survey assessing current COVID-19-specific stress, pre-COVID-19 stress, financial stress (e.g. food insecurity), food parenting practices, and child snack intake frequency. Structural Equation Modeling was used to model simultaneous paths of relationships and test direct and indirect effects.
RESULTS
Stress, including financial hardship, was higher compared with before the crisis. The majority of children had regular mealtimes and irregular snack times. Higher COVID-19-specific stress was associated with more non-nutritive use of food and snacks (e.g. emotional and instrumental feeding), but also more structure and positive interactions (e.g. eating with or engaging with child around mealtimes). Higher COVID-19-specific stress was also associated with greater child intake frequency of sweet and savory snacks, with some evidence for mediation by snack parenting practices.
CONCLUSION
Our findings indicate that stress associated with the COVID-19 pandemic may be linked to child snack intake with potential impacts on child obesity risk, and suggest several modifiable points of intervention within the family context.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33450298
pii: S0195-6663(21)00027-1
doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105119
pmc: PMC7987761
mid: NIHMS1662337
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
105119Subventions
Organisme : NIDDK NIH HHS
ID : R01 DK113286
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIH HHS
ID : UH3 OD023313
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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