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- Title
Parental Reports of Lunch-Packing Behaviours Lack Accuracy: Reported Barriers and Facilitators to Packing School Lunches.
- Authors
HAWTHORNE, DANA L.; NEILSON, LISA J.; MACASKILL, LESLEY A.; LUK, JONATHAN M. H.; HORNER, ERICA J.; PARKS, COLLEEN A.; SALVADORI, MARINA I.; SEABROOK, JAMIE A.; DWORATZEK, PAULA D. N.
- Abstract
Purpose: Parents influence the foods their children consume and often provide proxy reports of this intake. One way parents exert this influence is by providing home-packed lunches. This study compared parental reports of foods packed in children's lunches with what was actually packed and identified parental barriers and facilitators to packing lunches. Methods: Grade 3 and 4 student--parent dyads (n = 321) in 19 elementary schools in Ontario participated. Parental reports and actual packed lunch contents were collected via self-administered surveys and direct observation, respectively. Parental barriers and facilitators were obtained through open and closed survey questions. Results: Median portions packed were significantly higher for sugarsweetened beverages and snacks and significantly lower for fruits, fruit juice, vegetables, milk/alternatives, and meat/alternatives than parents reported. Packing a healthy lunch was "important/very important/of the utmost importance" for 95.9% of respondents, and 97.5% perceived their nutrition knowledge as "adequate/good/very good". Barriers to packing a lunch included: child's food preferences, time, finances, allergy policies, and food safety. Nutrition resources, observing other children's lunches, child's input, and planning ahead were identified as facilitators. Conclusions: Strategies to improve packed lunches should move beyond parental nutrition knowledge and importance of lunch packing to address parental barriers and facilitators.
- Subjects
HEALTH promotion; LUNCHEONS; MEDICINE information services; PARENTING; RESEARCH funding; SCALE analysis (Psychology); STATISTICS; SURVEYS; DATA analysis; THEMATIC analysis; PARENT attitudes; DATA analysis software; HEALTH information services; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice & Research, 2018, Vol 79, Issue 3, p99
- ISSN
1486-3847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3148/cjdpr-2018-011