@article{WHITE2022102237,
title = {Parents’ experiences of family food routines in adolescent elite-level swimming},
journal = {Psychology of Sport and Exercise},
volume = {62},
pages = {102237},
year = {2022},
issn = {1469-0292},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102237},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1469029222001054},
author = {Hannah J. White and Chris G. Harwood and Gareth Wiltshire and Carolyn R. Plateau},
keywords = {Athlete, Dietary behaviours, Food-based parenting, Organisational stressors, Family mealtimes},
abstract = {Objective
Parents have an important role in their child’s food routines and eating behaviour and face additional demands when that child is an athlete. Yet little is known about how parents manage providing food for their athletic child, in addition to the wider family, within the context of elite-level youth sport.
Methods
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with sixteen parents (mothers = 11; fathers = 5) of elite level adolescent swimmers (i.e., competing at UK national level or above; child mean age = 15.4 years) to explore their experiences of family food routines and eating behaviour. Reflexive Thematic Analysis was used to analyse the data.
Results
Parents outlined the importance of ‘optimal’ fuelling for their athletic child. Parents had an active role in their child’s eating behaviour and shaping their food choices but expressed uncertainty regarding the volume of food their child should consume and concerns regarding their child’s future relationship with food. Meticulous organisational and logistical strategies were employed to meet the extensive food requirements of their adolescent elite swimmer in the face of intensive training schedules. Such schedules also impacted food routines for the wider family (i.e., fewer family mealtimes), and on the quality of parents’ own diets.
Conclusion
The findings highlight that clearer guidance is needed for parents of elite adolescent swimmers in relation to quantities of food intake and how to support a positive future relationship with food (specifically during any periods of transition in their training or out of the sport). The findings also identify a novel organisational stressor for parents in elite youth sport, in managing and prioritising their own diet. Further research is needed to explore the extent to which parental diet may be impacted by supporting an adolescent athlete.}
}

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Yet little is known about how parents manage providing food for their athletic child, in addition to the wider family, within the context of elite-level youth sport. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with sixteen parents (mothers = 11; fathers = 5) of elite level adolescent swimmers (i.e., competing at UK national level or above; child mean age = 15.4 years) to explore their experiences of family food routines and eating behaviour. Reflexive Thematic Analysis was used to analyse the data. Results Parents outlined the importance of ‘optimal’ fuelling for their athletic child. Parents had an active role in their child’s eating behaviour and shaping their food choices but expressed uncertainty regarding the volume of food their child should consume and concerns regarding their child’s future relationship with food. Meticulous organisational and logistical strategies were employed to meet the extensive food requirements of their adolescent elite swimmer in the face of intensive training schedules. Such schedules also impacted food routines for the wider family (i.e., fewer family mealtimes), and on the quality of parents’ own diets. Conclusion The findings highlight that clearer guidance is needed for parents of elite adolescent swimmers in relation to quantities of food intake and how to support a positive future relationship with food (specifically during any periods of transition in their training or out of the sport). The findings also identify a novel organisational stressor for parents in elite youth sport, in managing and prioritising their own diet. Further research is needed to explore the extent to which parental diet may be impacted by supporting an adolescent athlete.","bibtex":"@article{WHITE2022102237,\ntitle = {Parents’ experiences of family food routines in adolescent elite-level swimming},\njournal = {Psychology of Sport and Exercise},\nvolume = {62},\npages = {102237},\nyear = {2022},\nissn = {1469-0292},\ndoi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102237},\nurl = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1469029222001054},\nauthor = {Hannah J. White and Chris G. Harwood and Gareth Wiltshire and Carolyn R. Plateau},\nkeywords = {Athlete, Dietary behaviours, Food-based parenting, Organisational stressors, Family mealtimes},\nabstract = {Objective\nParents have an important role in their child’s food routines and eating behaviour and face additional demands when that child is an athlete. 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Meticulous organisational and logistical strategies were employed to meet the extensive food requirements of their adolescent elite swimmer in the face of intensive training schedules. Such schedules also impacted food routines for the wider family (i.e., fewer family mealtimes), and on the quality of parents’ own diets.\nConclusion\nThe findings highlight that clearer guidance is needed for parents of elite adolescent swimmers in relation to quantities of food intake and how to support a positive future relationship with food (specifically during any periods of transition in their training or out of the sport). The findings also identify a novel organisational stressor for parents in elite youth sport, in managing and prioritising their own diet. Further research is needed to explore the extent to which parental diet may be impacted by supporting an adolescent athlete.}\n}\n","author_short":["White, H. J.","Harwood, C. G.","Wiltshire, G.","Plateau, C. 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