Picky Eating: exploring parents' perspectives V1

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Parenting picky eaters: a qualitative exploration of parents’ own perspectives on their food parenting, using interpretative phenomenological analysis

• IRAS ID

  217450

• Contact name

  Johanna Cormack

• Contact email

  johanna.cormack@bishopg.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Bishop Grosseteste University

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 0 months, 0 days

• Research summary

  This study is part of a full-time, funded PhD at Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln. It is an exploration of the experiences of parents who approach their health visitors with concerns about their child’s picky eating. It is important because picky eating is a very common problem, causing stress to both parents and children. Although we know a little about factors which contribute to picky eating, research indicates that more work needs to be done in this field in order to better support picky eaters and their parents.
  
  This study will help us learn more about parents’ thoughts and feelings about their child’s eating behaviours and how they respond to them. There is a particular focus on parents’ own interpretations of how they parent in relation to food.
  
  The study will involve twenty two participants. Each participant will take part in an individual interview with the researcher, taking place on Bishop Grosseteste University campus (Lincs only) or a Children's Centre (Notts only). Each interview will last approximately 60 - 90 minutes.

  Participants will be recruited by Health Visitors across Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Parents will be eligible for this study if their child is aged between 24 months and compulsory school age, and they have sought help from their Health Visitor because of their child’s picky eating. Parents of children who are referred back to the GP by their Health Visitor, or have a current diagnosis which affects their eating, are not eligible.

• REC name

  HSC REC A

• REC reference

  17/NI/0237

• Date of REC Opinion

  20 Dec 2017

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion