Practices and values regarding milk consumption among pre-schoolers in Bangkok

Yothasamut, Jomkwan, Camfield, Laura ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0165-9857 and Pfeil, Michael (2018) Practices and values regarding milk consumption among pre-schoolers in Bangkok. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 13 (1). ISSN 1748-2631

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Abstract

Purpose: Thai government agencies and the business sector have been promoting milk consumption. Considering the robust and continual movements by those actors to promote milk consumption among children in Thailand at the national level, this study aims to investigate milk-consumption practices and values towards milk consumption at pre-school, family and individual levels. Methods: This cross-sectional qualitative study employs observation and interview methods, along with the Ecological System Theory as a framework. Data were collected from three kindergartens used by families of varying socio-economic status, and the homes of 18 pre-schoolers, aged 3-5 years old, attending these kindergartens, from October 2013-September 2014. Results: Findings reveal kindergartens implemented daily routines to make children drink milk. Practices at home include (i) overfeeding of milk, (ii) preference for fortified milk and (iii) using sweetness to make children drink milk. These practices were underpinned by values that milk is good for children and good parents feed their children milk. These values, in combination with other macro-level measures such as the government’s milk-promotion campaigns and the milk industry’s marketing, influence the milk-drinking practices of pre-schoolers. Conclusion: The promotion of the benefits of milk prompted children to exceed the recommended milk consumption of 400ml per day. Balanced information on moderation in milk drinking was absent.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	milk-consumption practices,pre-schoolers,sociocultural factors,values,thailand,bangkok metropolitan area,ecological system theory
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Impact Evaluation Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Related URLs:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	30 Apr 2018 14:30
Last Modified:	30 Apr 2024 23:50
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/66862
DOI:	10.1080/17482631.2018.1461515

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