Identifying opportunities for strengthening advice to enhance vegetable liking in the early years of life: qualitative consensus and triangulation methods

Lucinda K Bell¹, Claire Gardner¹, Saravana Kumar², Hoi Y Wong¹, Brittany Johnson¹, Rebecca Byrne³, Karen J Campbell⁴, Djin Gie Liem⁵, Catherine Georgie Russell⁵, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson⁶, Merryn Netting^{7

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9}, Lola Bishop¹⁰, David N Cox¹¹, Astrid Aam Poelman¹², Jennifer Arguelles¹³, Rebecca K Golley¹

Affiliations

¹ Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide5001, Australia.
² UniSA Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
³ School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia.
⁴ Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
⁵ Deakin University, CASS Food Research Centre, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health, Burwood, VIC, Australia.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
⁷ Women and Kids Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
⁸ Discipline of Paediatrics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
⁹ Nutrition Department, Women's and Children's Health Network, North Adelaide, SA, Australia.
¹⁰ College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
¹¹ Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Health and Biosecurity, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
¹² Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Agriculture and Food, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.
¹³ Nutrition Australia Vic Division, Carlton, VIC, Australia.

PMID: 33934739
PMCID: PMC9991732
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980021001907

Identifying opportunities for strengthening advice to enhance vegetable liking in the early years of life: qualitative consensus and triangulation methods

Lucinda K Bell et al. Public Health Nutr. 2021.

. 2021 May 3;25(5):1-16.

doi: 10.1017/S1368980021001907. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide5001, Australia.
² UniSA Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
³ School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia.
⁴ Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
⁵ Deakin University, CASS Food Research Centre, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health, Burwood, VIC, Australia.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
⁷ Women and Kids Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
⁸ Discipline of Paediatrics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
⁹ Nutrition Department, Women's and Children's Health Network, North Adelaide, SA, Australia.
¹⁰ College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
¹¹ Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Health and Biosecurity, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
¹² Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Agriculture and Food, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.
¹³ Nutrition Australia Vic Division, Carlton, VIC, Australia.

PMID: 33934739
PMCID: PMC9991732
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980021001907

Abstract

Objective: To prioritise and refine a set of evidence-informed statements into advice messages to promote vegetable liking in early childhood, and to determine applicability for dissemination of advice to relevant audiences.

Design: A nominal group technique (NGT) workshop and a Delphi survey were conducted to prioritise and achieve consensus (≥70 % agreement) on thirty evidence-informed maternal (perinatal and lactation stage), infant (complementary feeding stage) and early years (family diet stage) vegetable-related advice messages. Messages were validated via triangulation analysis against the strength of evidence from an Umbrella review of strategies to increase children's vegetable liking, and gaps in advice from a Desktop review of vegetable feeding advice.

Setting: Australia.

Participants: A purposeful sample of key stakeholders (NGT workshop, n 8 experts; Delphi survey, n 23 end users).

Results: Participant consensus identified the most highly ranked priority messages associated with the strategies of: 'in-utero exposure' (perinatal and lactation, n 56 points) and 'vegetable variety' (complementary feeding, n 97 points; family diet, n 139 points). Triangulation revealed two strategies ('repeated exposure' and 'variety') and their associated advice messages suitable for policy and practice, twelve for research and four for food industry.

Conclusions: Supported by national and state feeding guideline documents and resources, the advice messages relating to 'repeated exposure' and 'variety' to increase vegetable liking can be communicated to families and caregivers by healthcare practitioners. The food industry provides a vehicle for advice promotion and product development. Further research, where stronger evidence is needed, could further inform strategies for policy and practice, and food industry application.

Keywords: Children; Delphi; Guidelines; Nominal Group Technique; Stakeholders.

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Flow chart of study processes, study participants and advice adoption priorities generated

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