{"title":"A Century of Influences on Parental Feeding in America.","authors":"Allison Kiefner-Burmeister, Claire C Heilman","doi":"10.1007/s13668-023-00499-4","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>Childhood obesity, food deserts, food prices, and a lack of nutritional knowledge are rising concerns in the USA. Parental feeding goals and practices have shifted greatly in the past century and families now rely almost solely on the corporate food industry. Industrial farming and corporate production of food stuffs can be damaging to the environment, animal ethics, and the health of children and families. This review examines how the history of the USA intertwines with parental feeding along with maternal and child health and well-being.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>Grass roots efforts are underway to educate the public in nutrition and gardening. Knowledge of food basics, cooking, and animal husbandry can have a positive influence on the health of children and families, especially those living in food deserts. The proliferation of farmers' markets may provide a safe-hold for those wishing to feed local, ethically produced foods to their families. Historical information on how US families became dependent upon factory farmed foods and lost their knowledge of food growth may help guide future communities on educational programming. Children who are educated on healthy foods have more interest in eating nourishing, clean foods. Family education and school programming on nutrition and gardening may work to ease absolute dependence on factory farmed foods and help to lower childhood obesity and related diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":10844,"journal":{"name":"Current Nutrition Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.6000,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current Nutrition Reports","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13668-023-00499-4","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/11/3 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"NUTRITION & DIETETICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Purpose of review: Childhood obesity, food deserts, food prices, and a lack of nutritional knowledge are rising concerns in the USA. Parental feeding goals and practices have shifted greatly in the past century and families now rely almost solely on the corporate food industry. Industrial farming and corporate production of food stuffs can be damaging to the environment, animal ethics, and the health of children and families. This review examines how the history of the USA intertwines with parental feeding along with maternal and child health and well-being.
Recent findings: Grass roots efforts are underway to educate the public in nutrition and gardening. Knowledge of food basics, cooking, and animal husbandry can have a positive influence on the health of children and families, especially those living in food deserts. The proliferation of farmers' markets may provide a safe-hold for those wishing to feed local, ethically produced foods to their families. Historical information on how US families became dependent upon factory farmed foods and lost their knowledge of food growth may help guide future communities on educational programming. Children who are educated on healthy foods have more interest in eating nourishing, clean foods. Family education and school programming on nutrition and gardening may work to ease absolute dependence on factory farmed foods and help to lower childhood obesity and related diseases.
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This journal aims to provide comprehensive review articles that emphasize significant developments in nutrition research emerging in recent publications. By presenting clear, insightful, balanced contributions by international experts, the journal intends to discuss the influence of nutrition on major health conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and obesity, as well as the impact of nutrition on genetics, metabolic function, and public health. We accomplish this aim by appointing international authorities to serve as Section Editors in key subject areas across the field. Section Editors select topics for which leading experts contribute comprehensive review articles that emphasize new developments and recently published papers of major importance, highlighted by annotated reference lists. We also provide commentaries from well-known figures in the field, and an Editorial Board of more than 25 internationally diverse members reviews the annual table of contents, suggests topics of special importance to their country/region, and ensures that topics and current and include emerging research.