Asociación de la percepción materna del peso del hijo y estilos maternos de alimentación infantil

Abstract

Introduction: Mothers do not recognize when their child is overweight or obese (OW-OB), and the evidence suggests a relationship between inadequate maternal perception of her child weight (MPCW), and maternal feeding style (MFS). Objectives: a) To assess the reliability of the Caregiver Feeding Style Questionnaire (CFSQ); b) to verify association between MPCW and child' nutritional status; c) to describe the MFS; d) to verify differences between MPCW and child's body mass index (BMI); e) and to verify the association between MPCW and MFS. Methods: 566 dyads participated (mother/preschool child). Mothers circle the image that more resembled their child (MPCW), and answered the CFSQ. Cronbach alpha coeffi cient was calculated. V Cramer, ANOVA and Chi-square were applied. Results: The internal consistency of CFSQ was 0.88. The 8.4% (n = 12) mothers of children are OW-OB had adequate MPCW (V = 0.26, p = 0.001). The most frequent MFS was authoritarian (34.5%, n = 195), MFS uninvolved presented the highest child' BMI (F = 3.91, p < 0.05). When mothers perceive her child is OW-OB have a MFS uninvolved (χ 2 = 15,384, df = 6, p < 0.05).

Reliability and validity of body weight and body image perception in children and adolescents from the South American Youth/Child Cardiovascular and Environmental (SAYCARE) Study

“…The results for validity of body weight perception in children’s parents were similar to those found in studies in Mexico ( 34 ) and Puerto Rico ( 35 ) , confirming there is low validity between parents’ perception of their child’s weight and the child’s real BMI ( κ =0·164, Kendall’s τ c =0·124). Similar reports were presented by other studies from Chile ( 36 ) and Mexico ( 37 ) , where the authors concluded that parents of children with overweight have a distorted body image of them and tend to perceive them to be thinner than they really are. In the study from Mexico, it was also found that only a small proportion of mothers of children with overweight or obesity were able to perceive their child’s weight correctly.…”

Depressive symptoms, maternal feeding styles, and preschool child’s body weight

“…It was also identified that the highest average value of DS was found in the authoritarian MCFS and it was found that the dimension of demandingness is a determining factor of the DS. This finding is considered important given that, as indicated above, the literature documents that the MCFS that predominates among Hispanic mothers is the indulgent (Hidalgo-Mendez et al, 2019) while in Mexican mothers the authoritarian style predominates (Flores-Peña et al, 2017), which is characterized by controlling, managing limits and strict rules, which could lead mothers to a high level of stress and anxiety, seeing that their demands are not met, and therefore, they are more likely to cause depressive disorders.…”

“…It result should be noted that it is available in 11 languages with good psychometric properties, high internal consistency, and convergent validity; it is considered that the CESD-R is an overall accurate and valid depression measure in general and it is available online (Van Dam & Earleywine, 2011). On the other hand, the Caregiver Eating Styles Questionnaire showed acceptable internal consistency; this questionnaire has been applied to Hispanic mothers living in the United States and to Mexican mothers as well (Flores-Peña et al, 2017;Hughes et al, 2005) and has shown acceptable internal consistency.…”

Prácticas parentales de alimentación, autoeficacia y actitudes maternas con niños/as preescolares sonorenses

“…Sin embargo, el que las madres se enfoquen en el tipo de práctica dependiendo del peso de sus hijos es contraproducente, pues se ha encontrado que las madres de hijos preescolares con sobrepeso y obesidad no perciben que su hijo tiene esta condición; ejercen un estilo de alimentación "no involucrado o indiferente" y en niños con peso normal ejercen un estilo autoritario, que ambos son denominados estilos de crianza en la alimentación (Flores-Peña et al, 2017).…”