The environmental and bitter taste endophenotype determinants of picky eating in australian school-aged children 7–12 years—a cross-sectional pilot study protocol Jani, R, Byrne, R, Love, P, Agarwal, C, Peng, F, Yew, YW, Panagiotakos, D and Naumovski, N 2020, The environmental and bitter taste endophenotype determinants of picky eating in australian school-aged children 7–12 years—a cross-sectional pilot study protocol, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 1-14, doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051573. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads love-environmentalandbitter-2020.pdf Published version application/pdf 814.10KB 4 Title The environmental and bitter taste endophenotype determinants of picky eating in australian school-aged children 7–12 years—a cross-sectional pilot study protocol Author(s) Jani, R Byrne, R Love, P orcid.org/0000-0002-1244-3947 Agarwal, C Peng, F Yew, YW Panagiotakos, D Naumovski, N Journal name International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume number 17 Issue number 5 Article ID 1573 Start page 1 End page 14 Total pages 14 Publisher MDPI Place of publication Basel, Switzerland Publication date 2020-02-29 ISSN 1661-7827 1660-4601 Keyword(s) picky eating endophenotype 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) bitter taste sensitivity food preferences Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Environmental Sciences & Ecology FOOD NEOPHOBIA 6-N-PROPYLTHIOURACIL SENSITIVITY GENETIC SENSITIVITY VEGETABLE INTAKE WEIGHT QUESTIONNAIRE ASSOCIATIONS PREFERENCES ACCEPTANCE RESPONSES Summary Caregivers’ perceptions of children’s pickiness are relatively scarce in relation to the five core food groups and their importance in providing a nutritionally balanced diet. Furthermore, there is no validated questionnaire that examines child-reported food preferences in an age-appropriate manner, and the use of terms such as a “picky eater” can be attributed to environmental and genetic factors. Despite potential links between children’s food preferences and endophenotype bitter taste, associations between bitter taste sensitivity and picky eating is relatively unexplored. The proposed cross-sectional study aims to develop and validate a parent-reported core-food Picky Eating Questionnaire (PEQ) and child-reported Food Preference Questionnaire (C-FPQ) and simultaneously investigate environmental and phenotype determinants of picky eating. The study will be conducted in three stages: Phase 1, piloting PEQ and C-FPQ questionnaires (15–20 primary caregivers and their children aged 7–12 years); Phase 2 and 3, validating the revised questionnaires and evaluating the 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) bitter taste sensitivity to examine perception to bitter taste (369 primary caregivers and their children). Study findings will generate new validated tools (PEQ, C-FPQ) for use in evidence-based practice and research and explore picky eating as a behavioural issue via the potential genetic-phenotype basis of bitter taste sensitivity. Language eng DOI 10.3390/ijerph17051573 Indigenous content off HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2020, The Author(s) Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30136899 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 11 May 2020, 14:11:09 EST Tue, 12 May 2020, 05:06:19 EST Tue, 12 May 2020, 08:12:41 EST Tue, 12 Jan 2021, 05:02:44 EST Thu, 18 Feb 2021, 14:18:59 EST Thu, 18 Feb 2021, 14:20:35 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 10 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 11 May 2020, 14:11:09 EST

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