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Parents in preparing meal for children: knowledge, attitude and practice

The upbringing has the greatest influence on children's food and physical activity habits. Parents play a crucial role in moulding their children's health behaviours through their habits form in early life. Parents have a major impact on their children's eating habits and food choi...

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Main Authors: Hashim, Nurul Falah, Mohd Shariff, Shazali, Yaakob, Mohd Yusof, Md Sahak, Adibah Aishah
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Language:English
Published: 2022
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H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling my.uthm.eprints.77832022-10-12T01:40:25Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7783/ Parents in preparing meal for children: knowledge, attitude and practice Hashim, Nurul Falah Mohd Shariff, Shazali Yaakob, Mohd Yusof Md Sahak, Adibah Aishah H Social Sciences (General) The upbringing has the greatest influence on children's food and physical activity habits. Parents play a crucial role in moulding their children's health behaviours through their habits form in early life. Parents have a major impact on their children's eating habits and food choices. Children’s poor eating habits and food choices are led to serious health consequences. In Southeast Asia, Malaysia has known as the highest obesity rate. At the same time, it is estimated that one-fifth of Malaysian children under the age of five are stunted owing to malnutrition. The study is focusing on the knowledge, attitude and practice variables among parents during preparation of children’sfood. The controlling of food habit, food intake, physical activities, selection of the nutritious food and food safety and sanitation from home are crucial. Thus, the participants of the study included 138 parents with children. The analyses involved descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation and multiple regression analysis. Children learn their habits and action from the perspective of what they see through their eyes and in turn they imitate and follow the parent's practise. The huge commitment and willingness of the parents can change the future children’s health, cognitive and physical. 2022 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7783/1/J14653_bbea2f66fd8762e51883f29b860af7ab.pdf Hashim, Nurul Falah and Mohd Shariff, Shazali and Yaakob, Mohd Yusof and Md Sahak, Adibah Aishah (2022) Parents in preparing meal for children: knowledge, attitude and practice. Journal of Tourism, Hospitality & Culinary Arts (JTHCA), 14 (2). pp. 35-49.
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
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Hashim, Nurul Falah
Mohd Shariff, Shazali
Yaakob, Mohd Yusof
Md Sahak, Adibah Aishah
Parents in preparing meal for children: knowledge, attitude and practice
description The upbringing has the greatest influence on children's food and physical activity habits. Parents play a crucial role in moulding their children's health behaviours through their habits form in early life. Parents have a major impact on their children's eating habits and food choices. Children’s poor eating habits and food choices are led to serious health consequences. In Southeast Asia, Malaysia has known as the highest obesity rate. At the same time, it is estimated that one-fifth of Malaysian children under the age of five are stunted owing to malnutrition. The study is focusing on the knowledge, attitude and practice variables among parents during preparation of children’sfood. The controlling of food habit, food intake, physical activities, selection of the nutritious food and food safety and sanitation from home are crucial. Thus, the participants of the study included 138 parents with children. The analyses involved descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation and multiple regression analysis. Children learn their habits and action from the perspective of what they see through their eyes and in turn they imitate and follow the parent's practise. The huge commitment and willingness of the parents can change the future children’s health, cognitive and physical.
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author Hashim, Nurul Falah
Mohd Shariff, Shazali
Yaakob, Mohd Yusof
Md Sahak, Adibah Aishah
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Mohd Shariff, Shazali
Yaakob, Mohd Yusof
Md Sahak, Adibah Aishah
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title Parents in preparing meal for children: knowledge, attitude and practice
title_short Parents in preparing meal for children: knowledge, attitude and practice
title_full Parents in preparing meal for children: knowledge, attitude and practice
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title_full_unstemmed Parents in preparing meal for children: knowledge, attitude and practice
title_sort parents in preparing meal for children: knowledge, attitude and practice
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7783/1/J14653_bbea2f66fd8762e51883f29b860af7ab.pdf
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