ArticlePublic health nutrition2018
Factors in the home environment associated with toddler diet: an ecological momentary assessment study.
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- A Systematic Review of Ecological Momentary Assessment of Diet: Implications and Perspectives for Nutritional Epidemiology.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
- Longitudinal Associations Among Diet Quality, Physical Activity and Sleep Onset Consistency With Body Mass Index z-Score Among Toddlers in Low-income Families.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2021Trial
- Completion Rates for Ecological Momentary Assessments of Food Intake During Pregnancy and Post Partum: Descriptive Study.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- Experience Sampling as a dietary assessment method: a scoping review towards implementation.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Article
- Television Time, Especially During Meals, Is Associated With Less Healthy Dietary Practices in Toddlers.Academic pediatrics · 2024Article
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- Impact of Eating Context on Dietary Choices of College Students: Evidence from the HEALTHY-UNICT Project.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Mealtime TV Use Is Associated with Higher Discretionary Food Intakes in Young Australian Children: A Two-Year Prospective Study.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Daily fluctuations in young children's persistence.Child development · 2022Article
- Maternal feeding practices and toddlers' fruit and vegetable consumption: results from the DIT-Coombe Hospital birth cohort in Ireland.Nutrition journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo identify home environment factors associated with toddler dietary behaviours using ecological momentary assessment (EMA).
designHome environment and toddler's diet were assessed by mothers through EMA (random beeps over ≤8 d and a brief survey). Dietary outcomes were fruit/vegetable consumption, eating episode ('snack' v. 'meal') and sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption. Home environment factors included interacting with mother, eating alone/with others, eating in a high chair/chair at the table, watching television and movement/translocation. Multilevel logistic mixed-effects regression models assessed both within- (individual toddlers across time) and between- (toddlers-on-average) subject effects. SUBJECTS: Low-income mother-toddler dyads (n 277).
settingUrban and suburban Maryland, USA.
resultsEMA captured eating/drinking episodes for 249/277 (89·9 %) toddlers (883 eating episodes, 1586 drinking episodes). Toddlers-on-average were more likely (adjusted OR, P value) to eat fruit/vegetables when not moving around (0·43, P=0·043), eat with the television off (0·33, P<0·001) and eat in a high chair/chair (3·38, P<0·001); no within-subject effects were shown. For eating episodes, both toddlers-on-average and individual toddlers were more likely to eat snacks when not in a high chair/chair (0·13, P<0·001 and 0·06, P<0·001, respectively) and when eating alone (0·30, P<0·001 and 0·31, P<0·001, respectively). Also, individual toddlers were more likely to eat snacks when moving around (3·61, P<0·001). Toddlers-on-average were more likely to consume SSB when not in a high chair/chair (0·21, P=0·001), eating alone (0·38, P=0·047) or during a snacking episode (v. a meal: 3·96, P=0·012); no within-subject effects shown.
conclusionsFactors in the home environment are associated with dietary behaviours among toddlers. Understanding the interplay between the home environment and toddler diet can inform future paediatric dietary recommendations.
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