Wei, Lee Ching (2020) Correlations of socio-demographic characteristics, parental feeding practices, parents’ milk intake and children eating behaviour with milk intake among primary school children. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Abstract
Milk, a rich source for protein and calcium, is important for the development of children. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the correlations of socio-demographic characteristics, parental feeding practices, parents‟ milk intake and children eating behaviour with milk intake among primary school children. The study was carried out in three primary schools from Kedah, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan. A total of 147 parent-child pairs were participated in this study using multistage sampling method. A set of parental-administered questionnaire, that assessed their socio-demographic characteristics, parental feeding practices, parents‟ milk intake, children eating behaviour and children‟s milk intake, was given to the parents of the children. The age of the children ranged from 7 to 12 years old, with a mean of 9.74 ± 1.50 years. Besides, the mean age of the parents was 41.27 ± 5.68 years, with 34.0% of them were father while another 66.0% were mother. According to the data reported by the parents, less than half of the children consumed milk daily (Daily: 44.9%; Weekly: 24.5%; Never: 30.6%), with a mean intake of 326.42 ± 312.65 ml/day. Besides, less than half of the parents consumed milk daily (Daily: 34.7%; Weekly: 29.9%; Never: 35.4%), with a mean intake of 330.11 ± 348.01 ml/day. Findings stated that the types of milk preferred by the children were fresh milk or UHT milk, low fat milk and original flavoured milk. The milk intake of boys (389.01 ± 355.78 ml/day) was significantly higher than girls (272.93 ± 262.07 ml/day; t=1.893, p<0.05). As for the parental feeding practices, a higher frequency of parental encouraging for balance and variety meal (r = 0.210, p<0.05) was correlated with higher milk intake, while higher frequency of parental feeding practices including emotion regulation (r = -0.215, p<0.05), used of food as reward (r = -0.223, p<0.05) and restriction for health (r = -0.204, p<0.05) were correlated with lower milk intake among children. Besides, a significant correlation was found in parents‟ milk intake (r = 0.662, p<0.01), whereby a higher parents‟ milk intake resulted in a higher children‟s milk intake. Moreover, children with more frequent emotional over-eating (r = -0.276, p<0.01) were significantly correlated with a lower milk intake. In conclusion, the findings showed that more than half of the children did not consume milk daily and parental involvement plays an important role in cultivating milk drinking habits among school-aged children. Future intervention programs shall involve both children and their parents and emphasize on the importance of milk drinking habits.
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Depositing User: | Ms Norafizah Radzuan |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2023 03:29 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2023 03:29 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1231 |
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