Journal
PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
Volume 22, Issue 15, Pages 2835-2843Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980019001332
Keywords
Parenting styles; Diet quality; Children; Low-income; Food insecurity
Funding
- US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service's Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) doctoral dissertation programme [59500000014]
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Objective: To examine the association between parenting styles and overall child dietary quality within households that are low-income and food-insecure. Design: Child dietary intake was measured via a 24 h dietary recall. Dietary quality was assessed using the Healthy Eating Index-2005 (HEI-2005). Parenting styles were measured and scored using the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire. Linear regressions were used to test main and interaction associations between HEI-2005 scores and parenting styles. Setting: Non-probability sample of low-income and food-insecure households in South Carolina, USA. Participants: Parent-child dyads (n 171). Parents were >= 18 years old and children were 9-15 years old. Results: We found a significant interaction between authoritative and authoritarian parenting style scores. For those with a mean authoritarian score, each unit increase in authoritative score was associated with a higher HEI-2005 score (b = 3 center dot 36, P < 0.05). For those with an authoritarian score that was 1 sd above the mean authoritarian score, each unit increase in authoritative score was associated with a higher HEI-2005 score (b = 8.42, P < 0.01). For those with an authoritarian score that was -1 sd below the mean authoritarian score, each unit increase in authoritative score was associated with a lower HEI-2005 score; however, this was not significant (b = -1 center dot 69, P > 0 center dot 05). Permissive parenting style scores were negatively associated with child dietary quality (b = -2 center dot 79, P < 0 center dot 05). Conclusions: Parenting styles should be considered an important variable that is associated with overall dietary quality in children living within low-income and food-insecure households.
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