Digital Media Use in Association with Sensory Taste Preferences in European Children and Adolescents—Results from the I.Family Study
Digital media (DM) influences children’s food choice. We aim to investigate associations between DM use and taste preferences (TP) for sweet, fatty, bitter, and salty in European children and adolescents. Individuals aged 6–17 years (N = 7094) providing cross-sectional data for DM use: television (T...
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| author | Elida Sina Christoph Buck Wolfgang Ahrens Stefaan De Henauw Hannah Jilani Lauren Lissner Dénes Molnár Luis A. Moreno Valeria Pala Lucia Reisch Alfonso Siani Antonia Solea Toomas Veidebaum Antje Hebestreit on behalf of the I.Family Consortium |
| author_facet | Elida Sina Christoph Buck Wolfgang Ahrens Stefaan De Henauw Hannah Jilani Lauren Lissner Dénes Molnár Luis A. Moreno Valeria Pala Lucia Reisch Alfonso Siani Antonia Solea Toomas Veidebaum Antje Hebestreit on behalf of the I.Family Consortium |
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| description | Digital media (DM) influences children’s food choice. We aim to investigate associations between DM use and taste preferences (TP) for sweet, fatty, bitter, and salty in European children and adolescents. Individuals aged 6–17 years (N = 7094) providing cross-sectional data for DM use: television (TV), computer/game console (PC), smartphone and internet, were included. Children (6 to <12 years) and adolescents (≥12 years) completed a Food and Beverage Preference Questionnaire; scores were calculated for sweet, fatty, salty and bitter preference and categorized (high vs. low). Logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios as association measures between DM exposure and TP. On average, individuals used media for 2.4 h/day (SD = 1.7). Increasing exposures to DM were associated positively with sweet, fatty and salty TP, while inversely with bitter preference. In female adolescents, DM exposure for >2 h/day was associated with sweet (OR = 1.27, 95% CI = 1.02–1.57) and fatty preference (OR = 1.37; 95% CI = 1.10–1.70). Internet exposure was inversely associated with bitter preference, notably in male adolescents (OR = 0.65, 95% CI = 0.50–0.84), but positively associated with salty preference (OR = 1.29, 95% CI = 1.02–1.64). DM exposure was associated with sweet, fatty, salty and bitter TP in children and adolescents, serving as the basis for future longitudinal studies to shed light on the underlying mechanism by which DM exposure may determine eating habits. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d503813c726649c3b22b5f2c93f1b8f82023-12-03T13:02:50ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582021-02-0110237710.3390/foods10020377Digital Media Use in Association with Sensory Taste Preferences in European Children and Adolescents—Results from the I.Family StudyElida Sina0Christoph Buck1Wolfgang Ahrens2Stefaan De Henauw3Hannah Jilani4Lauren Lissner5Dénes Molnár6Luis A. Moreno7Valeria Pala8Lucia Reisch9Alfonso Siani10Antonia Solea11Toomas Veidebaum12Antje Hebestreit13on behalf of the I.Family ConsortiumLeibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, 28359 Bremen, GermanyLeibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, 28359 Bremen, GermanyLeibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, 28359 Bremen, GermanyDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumLeibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, 28359 Bremen, GermanyDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, SwedenDepartment of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Pécs, 7623 Pécs, HungaryGENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) Research Group, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, SpainDepartment of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, 20133 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School, 2000 Frederiksberg, DenmarkInstitute of Food Sciences, National Research Council, 83100 Avellino, ItalyResearch and Education Institute of Child Health, 2035 Strovolos, CyprusDepartment of Chronic Diseases, National Institute for Health Development, 11619 Tallinn, EstoniaLeibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, 28359 Bremen, GermanyDigital media (DM) influences children’s food choice. We aim to investigate associations between DM use and taste preferences (TP) for sweet, fatty, bitter, and salty in European children and adolescents. Individuals aged 6–17 years (N = 7094) providing cross-sectional data for DM use: television (TV), computer/game console (PC), smartphone and internet, were included. Children (6 to <12 years) and adolescents (≥12 years) completed a Food and Beverage Preference Questionnaire; scores were calculated for sweet, fatty, salty and bitter preference and categorized (high vs. low). Logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios as association measures between DM exposure and TP. On average, individuals used media for 2.4 h/day (SD = 1.7). Increasing exposures to DM were associated positively with sweet, fatty and salty TP, while inversely with bitter preference. In female adolescents, DM exposure for >2 h/day was associated with sweet (OR = 1.27, 95% CI = 1.02–1.57) and fatty preference (OR = 1.37; 95% CI = 1.10–1.70). Internet exposure was inversely associated with bitter preference, notably in male adolescents (OR = 0.65, 95% CI = 0.50–0.84), but positively associated with salty preference (OR = 1.29, 95% CI = 1.02–1.64). DM exposure was associated with sweet, fatty, salty and bitter TP in children and adolescents, serving as the basis for future longitudinal studies to shed light on the underlying mechanism by which DM exposure may determine eating habits.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/377food preferenceinternetsmartphonescreen-timedigital marketingI.Family study |
| spellingShingle | Elida Sina Christoph Buck Wolfgang Ahrens Stefaan De Henauw Hannah Jilani Lauren Lissner Dénes Molnár Luis A. Moreno Valeria Pala Lucia Reisch Alfonso Siani Antonia Solea Toomas Veidebaum Antje Hebestreit on behalf of the I.Family Consortium Digital Media Use in Association with Sensory Taste Preferences in European Children and Adolescents—Results from the I.Family Study Foods food preference internet smartphone screen-time digital marketing I.Family study |
| title | Digital Media Use in Association with Sensory Taste Preferences in European Children and Adolescents—Results from the I.Family Study |
| title_full | Digital Media Use in Association with Sensory Taste Preferences in European Children and Adolescents—Results from the I.Family Study |
| title_fullStr | Digital Media Use in Association with Sensory Taste Preferences in European Children and Adolescents—Results from the I.Family Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital Media Use in Association with Sensory Taste Preferences in European Children and Adolescents—Results from the I.Family Study |
| title_short | Digital Media Use in Association with Sensory Taste Preferences in European Children and Adolescents—Results from the I.Family Study |
| title_sort | digital media use in association with sensory taste preferences in european children and adolescents results from the i family study |
| topic | food preference internet smartphone screen-time digital marketing I.Family study |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/377 |
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