The Parent's Influence on Obese Children's Food Preferences

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Food preferences of the obese child are particular interest because they affect the child's consumption of the foods needed for growthspeed and are also significant in his social development. This study was undertaken to investigate the influence of the food preferences of the parent on those his obese child.The subjects of this survey were 168 obese children and 189 nonobese children from primary school in Kitakyushu City.The questionaire was in four parts; (a) social situation (father's occupation and education), (b) nutritional status, (c) father's custom of drinking and smoking, (d) food preference of selected meals. The results as follows;1) The child's preference of sausage showed the highest percent of like rating, but the categories of carot, fermented soybeans and onion give the lowest percent of like rating.2) The difference of food preference between the obese child and the nonobese child was not significant.3) Food preferences of the children (both obese and nonobese) have no relation to his father's custom of drinking and smoking.4) The relationship between the father's and his partner's preference is more closer than that of the child and his parent, but cannot find out the systematical correlation because the complicated factors combinate together.
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