Journal
APPETITE
Volume 55, Issue 2, Pages 332-337Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2010.07.005
Keywords
Dietary restriction; Parents; Child weight
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- Center for Pediatric Psychology and Family Studies
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There is a critical need to identify risk factors that make parents more likely to restrict their child's food intake Child weight and ethnicity, parent weight, parent body dissatisfaction, and parent concern of child weight were examined as correlates of parent use of restrictive feeding practices in a diverse sample of 191 youth (ages 7-17). Participants attending a pediatric outpatient visit completed the Child Feeding Questionnaire (parent feeding practices and beliefs), the Figuie Rating Scale (body dissatisfaction) and a demographic form Parent BMI and child degree of overweight were calculated Parent use of restrictive feeding practices was positively associated with parent BMI and was moderated by parent body dissatisfaction Parent concern of child weight mediated the relationship between increasing child degree of overweight and parent use of restrictive feeding practices There were no differences by child gender or ethnicity in parent use of restrictive feeding practices These preliminary findings highlight the importance of assessing for underlying parent motivations for utilizing restrictive feeding practices and may help to identify and intervene with families at-risk for engaging in counterproductive weight control strategies. Continued identification of correlates of parent use of restrictive feeding practices is needed across child development and among individuals from diverse backgrounds.(C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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