Objective: This exploratory trial evaluated an intervention promoting habit formation for 3
parental feeding behaviors: serving fruit / vegetables, serving healthy snacks, and serving nonsweetened drinks.
Results: For
all parental feeding behaviors, automaticity increased more in the intervention group than in the control group (P < 0.01 for all).
The finding of significant correlations between change in the parental automaticity scores and change in the child's food intake in the intervention group (but not in the control group) was consistent with the idea that increased automaticity of healthy
parental feeding behaviors was the route to the changes in the child's food intake.
Not exact matches
Researchers measured 11 outcomes previously shown to be impacted by breast -
feeding: body mass index (BMI); obesity; asthma; hyperactivity;
parental attachment;
behavior compliance; and achievement in vocabulary, reading recognition, math ability, intelligence and scholastic competence.
This review of the literature suggested additional domains necessary to fully capture the range of
behaviors and attitudes regarding
parental feeding.
Previous attempts to create and validate self - report measures of
parental feeding practices have provided a good start to the measurement of this important
parental behavior.
The growing evidence on
parental feeding styles supports this notion, which suggests that an authoritative
feeding style may promote positive eating
behaviors in children (24).
Changes in children's food intake correlated with changes in
parental automaticity of
feeding behaviors, and program acceptability was high.
Links between child eating
behavior and
parental feeding practices, therefore, have been the focus of several research studies [1, 8 — 10]; however, the clinical implications of these links remain unclear.
However, links between children's eating
behaviors and
parental feeding practices and concerns have yet to be established.
Parental confidence in handling child eating behaviors related to obesity [64, 65] was used as a predictor of parental feeding practices in th
Parental confidence in handling child eating
behaviors related to obesity [64, 65] was used as a predictor of
parental feeding practices in th
parental feeding practices in the model.
This study aims to examine associations between
parental perceptions of preschoolers» eating
behaviors and
parental feeding practices.
Citation: Ek A, Sorjonen K, Eli K, Lindberg L, Nyman J, Marcus C, et al. (2016) Associations between
Parental Concerns about Preschoolers» Weight and Eating and
Parental Feeding Practices: Results from Analyses of the Child Eating
Behavior Questionnaire, the Child
Feeding Questionnaire, and the Lifestyle
Behavior Checklist.
We suggest, therefore, that obesity prevention and intervention programs targeting parents of preschoolers should take into account
parental concern about child weight status and managing children's eating
behaviors, and promote positive, child - responsive approaches to
feeding.
The overall aim of this study was to present a comprehensive model of associations between
parental perceptions of child eating
behaviors among preschoolers and
parental feeding practices, adjusting for potentially important predictors.