Dietary patterns of obese children: Maternal perceptions and experiences

• Autor(a) principal: Linhares Bezerra CAMPOS, Marina
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Tavares MACHADO, Márcia Maria x, Vasconcelos de AZEVEDO, Daniela, Abreu SILVA, Kellyanne
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Nutrição
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/nutricao/article/view/7845
• topic: Feeding; Qualitative analysis; Pediatric obesity; Alimentação; Análise qualitativa; Obesidade pediatric

ObjectiveTo understand maternal perceptions and experiences regarding the eating habits of obese children aged five to nine years. MethodsThis is a qualitative research, and semi-structured interviews and discourse analysis were used to interpret narratives of 13 women from the city of Fortaleza, Ceará state, Brazil. ResultsThese women described the eating habits of their obese children in terms of how they eat and mentioned: eating fast, eating in front of the television, secret eating, eating large amounts of food, and the consumption of processed foods that are high in fat, sugars, and sodium. ConclusionSeeing the mother and her obese child as a unit that needs support and guidance is a big step to plant the seeds to reap the rewards, i.e., exerting important impacts on the lives of these families and on the current scenario of childhood obesity.