Browsing by Author "Saarinen, Sini"

Tiivistelmä - Referat – Abstract Aims. In the everyday dining of families with children, challenges can be caused by, among other things, the rush and different rhythms of everyday life of family members, skills of the parents to control everyday life, and the different preferences and habits of family members. Family dining and cooking are of much greater importance to family life than just fulfilling a need for nutrition. Media and TV programs are one source of instruction and advice on how to live and what would be appropriate to eat. The purpose of this study was to find out what kind of challenges a popular reality TV program presents in execution of everyday dining and what kind of advice the program offers to solve those. The theoretical background of the study is based on research examining the importance of family meals and the contradictions of food choice, as well as nutritional recommendations and guides that provide recommendations and guidance. Methods. The subject of the study was thirteen episodes of the TV program Kitchen takeover that included families with children, presented in the years 2018–2019. The research approach was qualitative. The data were collected in the summer of 2019 by watching and spelling out all the episodes of the program that were related to the subject of the study. Content analysis was chosen as the method of data analysis. The analysis was done on a material-themed basis. Results and conclusions. Based on the research results, the challenges of families concerning everyday eating are diverse. Recurring themes were cooking discomfort and friction, who has the responsibility of cooking, the low variety of foods, low use of vegetables, food restrictions and everyday management challenges. The program suggests that the implementation of everyday meals for families would be improved by eating together, making together, planning and scheduling, increasing the use of vegetables, and seasoning. Based on what was presented in the program, the families managed to achieve positive changes in their daily dining. Based on the research results, there are families with children in Finland who would need practical support for their cooking.