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Cross-cultural adaption and validation of the Chinese version of the Child Food Neophobia Scale.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To adapt the Child Food Neophobia Scale (CFNS) cross-culturally for use among 12-36-month-old Chinese toddlers and to perform a preliminary assessment of its construct validity and reliability.

Background

Food neophobia is the fear of eating new or unfamiliar foods, which affects the type and quality of individual dietary intake, especially during early childhood. However, measurements of child food neophobia have rarely been reported in China due to a lack of reliable and valid measurements.

Methods

The CFNS was translated and adapted into a Chinese version (CFNS-CN) through a forward translation, reconciliation, a back translation, expert review and pretesting. The construct validity and reliability of the CFNS-CN were tested in 390 caregivers of 12-36?months old Chinese toddlers through convenience sampling in Changsha Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Hunan Province, China. The internal consistency, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and reliability were estimated.

Results

The kappa coefficients indicated moderate to perfect agreement between the test and retest, and Cronbach's ? coefficient was 0.91. A normal ?² /df, CMIN/DF=3.302, Comparative Fit Index, CFI=0.993, Tucker-Lewis Index, TLI=0.986 and root mean square error of approximation, RMSEA=0.077 were found. The CFA results showed that the model indicators were acceptable. High food neophobia was observed in 25.1% of individuals.

Conclusion

The CFNS-CN showed good internal consistency reliability and construct validity. The CFNS-CN may become an effective tool for assessing food neophobia in Chinese toddlers.

Trial registration

This trial was pre-registered at the China Clinical Trial Registration Center under registration number ChiCTR1800015890.

SUBMITTER: Zou J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6707651 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cross-cultural adaption and validation of the Chinese version of the Child Food Neophobia Scale.

Zou JiaoJiao J Liu Yan Y Yang Qiping Q Liu Hanmei H Luo Jing J Ouyang Yufeng Y Wang Joyce J Lin Qian Q

BMJ open 20190821 8

<h4>Objective</h4>To adapt the Child Food Neophobia Scale (CFNS) cross-culturally for use among 12-36-month-old Chinese toddlers and to perform a preliminary assessment of its construct validity and reliability.<h4>Background</h4>Food neophobia is the fear of eating new or unfamiliar foods, which affects the type and quality of individual dietary intake, especially during early childhood. However, measurements of child food neophobia have rarely been reported in China due to a lack of reliable a ...[more]

PMID: 31439595

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Dataset Information

Cross-cultural adaption and validation of the Chinese version of the Child Food Neophobia Scale.

Objective

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusion

Trial registration

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Cross-cultural adaption and validation of the Chinese version of the Child Food Neophobia Scale.

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