THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EATING BEHAVIOR, NUTRITIONAL SELF-EFFICIENCY, EFFECT OF PARENTS ON CHİLD'S NUTRITIONAL STYLE WITH HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LİFE IN CHILDREN AGED 8-12 YEARS
Journal Title: Kocatepe Medical Journal - Year 2023, Vol 24, Issue 4
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship between 8 - 12 age group children's eating behavior, nutritional self-efficacy, the effect of parents on children's nutrition style, and health and quality of life. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted with 79 students and their parents, at Ataşehir College. Information Form, Student Health Assessment Questionnaire (SHAQ), Healthy Eating Self-Efficacy for Children Scale (HESCS), Parent’s Feeding Style Questionnaire (PFSQ), Children’s Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ), Generic Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire for Children (Kid-KINDL) were administered to children and their parents by face-to-face interview method. IBM SPSS26® software was used in the analysis of the obtained data. RESULTS: In this study, 50.6% of the participants were boys. According to Neyzi standards Body Mass Index (BMI) classification 50.6% were overweight. Significant differences were found in scores of all scales except HESCS according to the, children’s gender, in SHAQ and Kid-Kindl scores according to, children’s enrolled class levels, in SHAQ scores according to children’s grades (p<0.05). It was found that, as children's health-related quality of life scores increased, a 50.2% in children's health assessments, a 57.8% in children's healthy eating behaviors and a 54.7% in parents' healthy eating style scores were also increased statistically significant (p=0.000). With parents' healthy eating style scores increased, a 66.3% increase in children's healthy eating behaviors scores and a 44.5% increase in children's health assessments scores were found (p=0.000). As children's health-related quality of life scores increased, a 42.8% in children's healthy eating behaviors scores was increased (p=0.000). CONCLUSIONS: Parents’ nutritional habits and knowledge levels have an important role in the development of children's eating behaviors. For this reason, health and nutrition issues should be conveyed to all primary school students and their parents through various trainings in order to implement healthy habits and practice healthy lifestyles.
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Pınar HAMURCU
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