scholarly journals Maternal Feeding Practices Become More Controlling After and Not Before Excessive Rates of Weight Gain

Obesity ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 1724-1729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyung E. Rhee ◽  
Sharon M. Coleman ◽  
Danielle P. Appugliese ◽  
Niko A. Kaciroti ◽  
Robert F. Corwyn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Maternal Feeding Practices

scholarly journals Maternal feeding practices predict weight gain and obesogenic eating behaviors in young children: a prospective study

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel F Rodgers ◽  
Susan J Paxton ◽  
Robin Massey ◽  
Karen J Campbell ◽  
Eleanor H Wertheim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Maternal Feeding Practices ◽  
A Prospective Study

scholarly journals Protocol for iGrow (Infant Growth and Development Study): biopsychosocial predictors of childhood obesity risk at 2 years

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther M. Leerkes ◽  
Cheryl Buehler ◽  
Susan D. Calkins ◽  
Lenka H. Shriver ◽  
Laurie Wideman
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Maternal Sensitivity ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Infant Growth ◽  
Obesity Risk ◽  
Development Study ◽  
Early Weight Gain ◽  
Infant Weight Gain

Abstract Background Childhood obesity remains a significant public health problem. To date, most research on the causes and correlates of obesity has focused on a small number of direct predictors of obesity rather than testing complex models that address the multifactorial nature of the origins of obesity in early development. We describe the rationale and methods of iGrow (Infant Growth and Development Study) which will test multiple pathways by which (a) prenatal maternal psychobiological risk predicts infant weight gain over the first 6 months of life, and (b) this early weight gain confers risk for obesity at age 2. Infant hormonal and psychobiological risk are proposed mediators from prenatal risk to early weight gain, though these are moderated by early maternal sensitivity and obesogenic feeding practices. In addition, higher maternal sensitivity and lower obesogenic feeding practices are proposed predictors of adaptive child self-regulation in the second year of life, and all three are proposed to buffer/reduce the association between high early infant weight gain and obesity risk at age 2. Methods iGrow is a prospective, longitudinal community-based study of 300 diverse mothers and infants to be followed across 5 data waves from pregnancy until children are age 2. Key measures include (a) maternal reports of demographics, stress, well-being, feeding practices and child characteristics and health; (b) direct observation of maternal and infant behavior during feeding, play, and distress-eliciting tasks during which infant heart rate is recorded to derive measures of vagal withdrawal; (c) anthropometric measures of mothers and infants; and (d) assays of maternal prenatal blood and infant saliva and urine. A host of demographic and other potential confounds will be considered as potential covariates in structural equation models that include tests of mediation and moderation. Efforts to mitigate the deleterious effects of COVID-19 on study success are detailed. Discussion This study has the potential to inform (1) basic science about early life processes casually related to childhood obesity and (2) development of targeted intervention and prevention approaches that consider mother, infant, and family risks and resources.

scholarly journals General Parenting and Hispanic Mothers’ Feeding Practices and Styles

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 380
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Power ◽  
Jennifer O. Fisher ◽  
Teresia M. O'Connor ◽  
Nilda Micheli ◽  
Maria A. Papaioannou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Feeding Styles ◽  
Hispanic Mothers ◽  
Parenting Dimensions ◽  
Head Start Programs ◽  
Maternal Feeding Practices ◽  
General Parenting

Previous research has shown that general parenting styles, general parenting dimensions, maternal feeding styles, and maternal feeding practices all show specific relationships with the weight status of young children. This study examined the relationships between general parenting and maternal feeding styles/practices in a sample of 187 Hispanic mothers with low incomes. As part of a larger study, mothers of preschool children were recruited through Head Start programs and completed validated questionnaires assessing their general parenting, feeding styles, and feeding practices. Results identified numerous associations between general parenting dimensions and specific feeding practices: i.e., maternal nurturance was positively associated with healthy eating guidance and feeding responsiveness; inconsistency was positively associated with restriction for weight and promotion of overconsumption; follow through on discipline was positively associated with monitoring, healthy eating guidance, and feeding responsiveness; and family organization was positively associated with monitoring and healthy eating guidance. General parenting styles were associated with feeding practices as well, with authoritative mothers showing the highest levels of healthy eating guidance and authoritarian mothers showing the lowest levels of monitoring. There were no significant associations between mothers’ general parenting styles and mothers’ feeding styles. Implications of these findings for the prevention of childhood obesity are considered.

scholarly journals Maternal feeding practices and fussy eating in toddlerhood: a discordant twin analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly A. Harris ◽  
Alison Fildes ◽  
Kimberley M. Mallan ◽  
Clare H. Llewellyn
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Twin Analysis ◽  
Fussy Eating ◽  
Maternal Feeding Practices ◽  
Discordant Twin

scholarly journals Comparison of Maternal Feeding Practices and Child Weight Status in Children from Three Countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Williams ◽  
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Maria Petty ◽  
Maria Schimith-Escrivão ◽  
Kyoee Chung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Status ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Child Weight ◽  
Maternal Feeding Practices

Maternal Feeding Practices, Health Cognitions, and Childrenʼs Eating Styles and Weight Status

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxanna Camfferman ◽  
Shelley Maria Cornelia Van der Veek ◽  
Ralph Christian Alexander Rippe ◽  
Judi Mesman
Keyword(s):  
Weight Status ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Eating Styles ◽  
Maternal Feeding Practices ◽  
Health Cognitions

scholarly journals Home Food Environment Factors That Influence Hispanic Preschoolers’ Intake of Fruits and Vegetables (OR03-03-19)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Lora ◽  
Paul Branscum ◽  
Sixia Chen ◽  
Dorothy Wakefield
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
The Past ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Maternal Feeding Practices ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Objectives To evaluate the relationship of home fruit and vegetable (F&V) availability and maternal feeding practices (restriction, pressure, modeling, monitoring) with preschoolers’ F&V intake. Methods Hispanic mothers (n = 238) of 2-to-5-year-old children from low-income neighborhoods participated in the study. Mothers reported home availability of F&V (whole fruit, fruit juice [FJ], total fruit [FJ and whole fruit combined], and vegetables) in the past month, their feeding practices and their children's F&V consumption (cups) in the past month. Data were collected using one-to-one interviews in English or Spanish. Logistic regression models tested associations of availability of F&V groups and feeding practices with children's intake of ≥ 1 cup per day of total fruit and vegetables as per MyPlate minimum daily recommendation for preschoolers. Results Availability of total fruit and maternal modeling increased the odds of child's consumption of ≥ 1 cup of fruit: Odds ratio (OR) = 2.41; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.56-3.70; P < 0.0001, and OR = 1.73; CI, 1.10-2.74; P < 0.020, respectively. Concurrently, maternal pressure and child's being a female increased the odds of child's consumption of ≥ 1 cup of vegetables: OR = 1.44; CI, 1.10-1.90; P < 0.009, and OR = 1.91; CI, 1.07-3.40; P < 0.028, respectively. Having more children in the home reduced the odds of child's intake of ≥ 1 cup of vegetables: OR = 0.78; CI, 0.61-0.99; P < 0.037. There were no significant associations between children's Body Mass Index (BMI) percentile and children's consumption of F&V or maternal feeding practices. Conclusions Environmental factors within the home appears to influence Hispanic preschoolers’ intake of F&V differently. To increase children's intake of fruit, family interventions should promote home fruit availability and maternal food modeling practices. However, since maternal pressure to eat has not been associated with F&V intake, the significant association between vegetable intake and pressuring children to eat found in this study must be further examined in similar cultural samples to replicate this finding. Funding Sources U54GM104938.

Child gender and weight status moderate the relation of maternal feeding practices to body esteem in 1st grade children

Appetite ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 89 ◽  
pp. 62-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenka H. Shriver ◽  
Laura Hubbs-Tait ◽  
Amanda W. Harrist ◽  
Glade Topham ◽  
Melanie Page
Keyword(s):  
Weight Status ◽  
Body Esteem ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Child Gender ◽  
Maternal Feeding Practices
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