SynthesisPublic health nutrition2016
Reducing discretionary food and beverage intake in early childhood: a systematic review within an ecological framework.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Socio-economic and cultural disparities in diet among adolescents and young adults: a systematic review.Public health nutrition · 2020Pooled it
- A systematic evaluation of digital nutrition promotion websites and apps for supporting parents to influence children's nutrition.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
- Environmental interventions to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and their effects on health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Reduction in intake of discretionary foods and drinks among Danish schoolchildren: dietary results from the real-life cluster-randomised controlled trial 'Are You Too Sweet?'Public health nutrition · 2024Trial
- Effect of a Parent-Focused eHealth Intervention on Children's Fruit, Vegetable, and Discretionary Food Intake (Food4toddlers): Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- Is the environment in kindergarten associated with the vegetables served and eaten? The BRA Study.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2019Trial
- From preschool to policy: A scoping review of recommended interventions for a systems approach to improve dietary intake in early childhood.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic Characteristics and the Home Food Environment Are Associated With Feeding Healthful and Discretionary Foods During the First Year of Life in the Pregnancy Eating Attributes Study.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2025Article
- Dietary fat intakes, food sources, and tracking across early childhood: results from the Melbourne InFANT Program.European journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Carbohydrate intakes, food sources and tracking in Australian young children.The British journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- The effect of the association between food budget and food quality on adherence to national guidelines in kindergartens, and the impact of budget limit on the food quality.Food & nutrition research · 2024Article
- Patterns of discretionary food intake among Australian children and their association with socio-demographic, lifestyle, and adiposity measures.Nutrition & dietetics : the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia · 2022Article
- A Qualitative Evaluation of Social Aspects of Sugar-Rich Food and Drink Intake and Parental Strategies for Reductions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Evaluation of Parental Acceptability and Use of Intervention Components to Reduce Pre-School Children's Intake of Sugar-Rich Food and Drinks.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- What Works to Improve Nutrition and Food Sustainability across the First 2000 Days of Life: A Rapid Review.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Association between parental feeding practices and children's dietary intake: a cross-sectional study in the Gardermoen Region, Norway.Food & nutrition research · 2022Article
- Availability and placement of healthy and discretionary food in Australian supermarkets by chain and level of socio-economic disadvantage.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Reducing Young Schoolchildren's Intake of Sugar-Rich Food and Drinks: Study Protocol and Intervention Design for "Are You Too Sweet?" A Multicomponent 3.5-Month Cluster Randomised Family-Based Intervention Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Exploring the Provider-Level Socio-Demographic Determinants of Diet Quality of Preschool-Aged Children Attending Family Childcare Homes.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Examining Constructs of Parental Reflective Motivation towards Reducing Unhealthy Food Provision to Young Children.Nutrients · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo systematically review the literature and map published studies on 4-8-year-olds' intake of discretionary choices against an ecological framework (ANalysis Grid for Environments Linked to Obesity; ANGELO).
designArticles were identified through database searches (PubMed, PyscINFO®, Web of Science) in February and March 2014 and hand-searching reference lists. Studies were assessed for methodological quality and mapped against the ANGELO framework by environment size (macro and micro setting) and type (physical, economic, policy and socio-cultural influences).
settingStudies were conducted in the USA (n 18), Australia (n 6), the UK (n 3), the Netherlands (n 3), Belgium (n 1), Germany (n 1) and Turkey (n 1). SUBJECTS: Children aged 4-8 years, or parents/other caregivers.
resultsThirty-three studies met the review criteria (observational n 23, interventions n 10). Home was the most frequently studied setting (67 % of exposures/strategies), with the majority of these studies targeting family policy-type influences (e.g. child feeding practices, television regulation). Few studies were undertaken in government (5·5 %) or community (11 %) settings, or examined economic-type influences (0 %). Of the intervention studies only four were categorised as effective.
conclusionsThe present review is novel in its focus on mapping observational and intervention studies across a range of settings. It highlights the urgent need for high-quality research to inform interventions that directly tackle the factors influencing children's excess intake of discretionary choices. Interventions that assist in optimising a range of environmental influences will enhance the impact of future public health interventions to improve child diet quality.
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