TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kröller, Katja
A1  - Kröller, Alexander
A1  - Warschburger, Petra
T1  - What do you like to eat? Correlation between food familiarity and actual preference
JF  - Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie
N2  - The preference for fruits and vegetables is the main predictor for the longtime healthy eating behavior. There are many factors which affect the development of food preferences. The familiarity with different foods seems to be a special aspect associated with the corresponding preference. To establish a preference for fruits and vegetables during early childhood, we need to know more about the factors that affect this preference development. So far, research has mostly concentrated on the food intake and less on the corresponding preference. Additionally, it is often based on studies of the mere-exposure effect or on older children and their ability to label fruits and vegetables correctly. Findings about the level of food familiarity in young children and its relation to the actual food preference are still missing. Our study focuses on different aspects of food familiarity as well as on their relationship to the child's preference and presents results from 213 children aged 2 to 10 years. Using standardized photos, the food preference was measured with a computer-based method that ran automatically without influence from parents or interviewer. The children knew fewer of the presented vegetables (66 %) than fruits or sweets (78 % each). About the same number of vegetables (63 %) had already been tasted by the children and were considered tasty. Only 48 % of the presented vegetables were named correctly - an ability that increases in older children. Concerning the relationship between the familiarity with vegetables and their preference, the different familiarity aspects showed that vegetables of lower preference were less often recognized, tasted, considered tasty, or named correctly.
KW  - food preference
KW  - familiarity
KW  - fruits and vegetables
KW  - children
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1026/0943-8149/a000089
SN  - 0943-8149
VL  - 21
IS  - 2
SP  - 53
EP  - 61
PB  - Hogrefe
CY  - Göttingen
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kröller, Katja
A1  - Jahnke, Dörte
A1  - Warschburger, Petra
T1  - Are maternal weight, eating and feeding practices associated with emotional eating in childhood?
JF  - Appetite : multidisciplinary research on eating and drinking
N2  - Background: Research concerning children's emotional eating behavior has shown its negative impact on weight-related problems. Taking the model of Birch and Davison (2001) into account, we focus on the role of maternal feeding behavior on the association between emotional eating of the mother and the child. Methods: 482 mothers and their children participated in this cross-sectional study. The mothers were asked about their feeding strategies, their children's and their own emotional eating and weight. We tested a structural equation model for different feeding strategies. Results: In addition to an expected direct association between the mother's and child's emotional eating, the maternal feeding strategies are related to the child's eating behavior. A higher maternal restriction of food or its monitoring was associated with a higher level of children's emotional eating, while allowing the child more control about their eating was linked to less pronounced emotional eating behavior. Conclusions: The results highlight the relevance of maternal feeding behavior on emotional eating in childhood. In terms of preventing weight-related problems, the findings indicate the necessity of training parents in allowing their children more control and avoiding the restriction of food.
KW  - Maternal weight
KW  - Eating
KW  - Feeding practices
KW  - Child's emotional eating
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2012.11.032
SN  - 0195-6663
VL  - 65
IS  - 4
SP  - 25
EP  - 30
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - London
ER  -