ArticlePublic health nutrition2019
A qualitative study to understand parent and physician perspectives about cow's milk fat for children.
Article in Public health nutrition, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Consumer choice and preference heterogeneity for liquid milk attributes in Sri Lanka: evidence from a choice experiment.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Perspectives from healthcare professionals on the nutritional adequacy of plant-based dairy alternatives: results of a mixed methods inquiry.BMC nutrition · 2022Article
- Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
objectiveConsensus guidelines recommend that children consume reduced-fat (0·1-2 %) cow's milk at age 2 years to reduce the risk of obesity. Behaviours and perspectives of parents and physicians about cow's milk fat for children are unknown. Objectives were to: (i) understand what cow's milk fat recommendations physicians provide to 2-year-old children; (ii) assess the acceptability of reduced-fat v. whole cow's milk in children's diets by parents and physicians; and (iii) explore attitudes and perceptions about cow's milk fat for children.
designOnline questionnaires and individual interviews were conducted. Questionnaire data were analysed using descriptive statistics. Interview transcripts were analysed using a general inductive approach and thematic analysis.
settingThe TARGet Kids! practice-based research network in Toronto, Canada.
participantsQuestionnaire respondents included fifty parents and fifteen physicians; individual interviews were conducted with with fourteen parents and twelve physicians.
resultsPhysicians provided various milk fat recommendations for 2-year-old children. Parents also provided different cow's milks: eighteen (36 %) provided whole milk and twenty-nine (58 %) provided reduced-fat milk. Analysis of qualitative interviews revealed three themes: (i) healthy eating behaviours, (ii) trustworthy nutrition information and (iii) importance of dietary fat for children.
conclusionsParents provide, and physicians recommend, a variety of cow's milks for children and hold mixed interpretations of the role of cow's milk fat in children's diets. Clarity about its effect on child adiposity is needed to help make informed decisions about cow's milk fat for children.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.