Associations Between Parental and Child Food Neophobia and Children’s Eating Behavior and Psychological Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis of South Korean Parent–Child Dyads

Objectives

Pediatric eating behavior and psychological adjustment may be related to family food-related attitudes. This cross-sectional study examined associations between parental and child food neophobia (FN) in South Korean parent–child dyads and evaluated whether child FN statistically mediated associations between parental FN and child eating-behavior and psychological-symptom indicators.