In 2016, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship on effect of infant feeding method on
maternal eating behaviour, food choice and weight control.
In 2016, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship on effect of infant feeding method on
maternal eating behaviour, food... Read More
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From the abstract:
Maternal reports of food avoidance eating behaviours were associated with an emotional child temperament, high levels of maternal feeding control, using food for behaviour regulation, and low encouragement of a balanced and varied food
Maternal reports of food avoidance
eating behaviours were associated with an emotional child temperament, high levels of
maternal feeding control, using food for behaviour regulation, and low encouragement of a balanced and varied food
maternal feeding control, using food for
behaviour regulation, and low encouragement of a balanced and varied food intake.
Correlation analyses were used to measure stability of
maternal feeding practices and child
eating behaviours across the two time points.
The secondary aim was to establish whether
maternal feeding practices or child
eating behaviours would predict child BMIz one year later, after controlling for initial BMIz.
Hierarchical multiple regressions were used to test whether
maternal feeding practices could predict changes in child
eating behaviours over time.
The aim of the present study was to examine the extent to which
maternal feeding practices prospectively predict the development of
eating behaviour and BMI in pre-school-aged children.
Maternal feeding practices appear to influence young children's
eating behaviour but not weight status in the short term.
Regression analyses were used to find longitudinal associations between
maternal feeding practices, child
eating behaviour and child body mass index (BMI).
Mean (s.d.) scores and bivariate correlations for time 1 and time 2
maternal feeding practices and child
eating behaviour (N = 156)
If the T1 feeding practices were significant predictors of T2
eating behaviour after taking into account the effect of prior (T1)
eating behaviour, this would indicate support for the hypothesis that
maternal feeding practices predict the development of particular child
eating behaviours.
BMI z - score at T2 was not significantly predicted by T1
maternal feeding practices (R 2 Change =.01, p =.857), or by T1 child
eating behaviours (R 2 Change =.01, p =.707) after controlling for
maternal and child covariates, and T1 BMIz.
We expected that these relationships would be significant after controlling for child age and gender, for
maternal age, BMI and education, and for initial levels of the dependent variable (i.e., the particular child
eating behaviour or child BMI at time 1).
We hypothesised that the use of
maternal feeding practices with 2 - to 4 - year - old children would prospectively predict child
eating behaviours and child BMI over 12 months.
One hundred and fifty - six mothers of 2 - to 4 - year - old children completed questionnaires including measures of
maternal feeding practices (pressure to
eat, restriction, monitoring and modelling of healthy
eating), child
eating behaviour (food responsiveness, food fussiness and interest in food), and mother reported child height and weight.
At step 1, we controlled for the respective T1
eating behaviour, and for potential covariates of
maternal age, BMI and education, and child age and gender (1 = male; 2 = female).
Two analyses were conducted, with
maternal feeding practices (pressure to
eat, restriction, monitoring and healthy modelling) as the independent variables in one analysis, and child
eating behaviours (food responsiveness, food fussiness and interest in food) in the other.
Association Between Oxytocin Receptor Genotype,
Maternal Care, and
Eating Disorder
Behaviours in a Community Sample of Women.