Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire: Validation of a New Measure of Parental Feeding Practices

Musher‐Eizenman, Dara R.; Holub, Shayla C.

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“…Results indicate that increased encouragement and pressure to eat were more consistently associated with lower child weight whereas no associations were found with other parental feeding styles. However, Musher-Eizenman and Holub (25) suggest that the emphasis on controlling practices (pressure and/or restriction) as presented by Hughes et al (39,77) and Carnell and Wardle (24) may have prevented exploration of other important constructs and propose that restriction should be a separate construct. Musher-Eizenman and Holub also highlight the importance of parental modelling of healthy foods and food exposure as effective feeding practices, yet note that these constructs are not included in self-reported measures of parental feeding (78)(79)(80) .…”

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Associations between parenting styles and nutrition knowledge and 2–5-year-old children's fruit, vegetable and non-core food consumption

Peters

Dollman

Petkov

et al. 2012

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: During the early years, parents have a major influence on children's diets and developing food choices. We investigated parenting styles as predictors of 2-5-year-old children's diets and whether general nutrition knowledge (GNK) mediated these influences. Design: Cross-sectional research. Questionnaires measured demographic and lifestyle variables, family environment, parenting styles and feeding practices, child diet and GNK. Regression models tested GNK as a mediator of relationships between parenting variables and child diet (fruit/vegetable and non-core food consumption), controlling for confounders and family environment. Setting: Questionnaires were completed by main caregivers at home. Subjects: Parents of children aged 2-5 years (n 269). Results: Higher child fruit/vegetable consumption was associated with lower overreactive parenting and restriction, higher authoritative parenting and dining together as a family; with lax parenting approaching statistical significance (P 5 0?083) and 19 % of variance explained by the model. GNK was not a significant predictor. Conversely, non-core food consumption was associated with higher over-reactive and lax parenting as well as child age, increased takeaway food consumption and higher television viewing; GNK had a small effect (P 5 0?043) and 28 % of variance was explained by the model. GNK was a significant mediator only for authoritative parenting on non-core food (effect 5 20?005). Conclusions: These findings highlight that young children's diets may be improved by interventions targeting a range of positive and supportive parenting practices in conjunction with nutrition knowledge education for parents of young children. Further insights will come from closer attention to the nature and role of restrictive feeding practices v. laxness and longitudinal research.

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Associations between parenting styles and nutrition knowledge and 2–5-year-old children's fruit, vegetable and non-core food consumption

Peters

Dollman

Petkov

et al. 2012

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“…Nine aspects of parental feeding behavior were measured by the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (15): monitoring child food intake, using food to regulate the child's emotions, using food as a reward, child control over feeding, teaching about nutrition, encouraging balance and variety, restricting child's food intake for weight reasons, restricting child's intake for health reasons, and modeling healthy eating habits. The applicability of this questionnaire has been demonstrated in both US (15) and French samples (8).…”

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Parental Feeding Practices in the United States and in France: Relationships with Child's Characteristics and Parent's Eating Behavior

Lauzon-Guillain¹,

Musher‐Eizenman²,

Leporc³

et al. 2009

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

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word count: 226Text word count: 1866 words plus abstract (226 words) and references (536 words) Abstract Given the role of parental feeding practices in establishing children's eating habits, understanding sources of individual differences in feeding practices is important. This study examined the role of several psychological variables (i.e., parental perceived responsibility for child's eating, parental perceptions of the child's weight, and parents' own eating patterns) in individual differences in a variety of feeding practices. Parents of preschool age children completed surveys in a cross-sectional study. Two cultural contexts (i.e., US, n = 97 parents;and France, n = 122 parents) were included to assess the cross-cultural generalizability of the findings. Monitoring was associated with parental perceived responsibility for child's eating, parental restrained eating and parents' desire for their child to be thinner, especially in France.Restriction for weight reasons was more prevalent in the US and was associated with parents' perceived responsibility for child's eating, perception of child's body weight and parental restrained eating. Parental use of foods for non-nutritive purposes was more prevalent in the US and was associated with parental uncontrolled or emotional eating. Finally, parents' perceived responsibility for child's eating was strongly related to child control over feeding, teaching about nutrition, encouragement of balance and variety and modeling.These associations between psychological variables and parental feeding practices shed light on the sources of individual differences in feeding practices and suggest possible opportunities for intervention when feeding practices are sub-optimal.

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“…The CFPQ is a forty-nine-item questionnaire and answers were given on 5-point response scales from 'never' to 'always' for questions and from 'disagree' to 'agree' for statements (24) . Participant scores were calculated as the average of all items in the subscale.…”

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Associations between parental feeding practices, problem food behaviours and dietary intake in New Zealand overweight children aged 4–8 years

Haszard

Skidmore

Williams

et al. 2014

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Objective: Parents report that children's eating behaviours are a major barrier to providing them with a healthy diet. Links between problem eating behaviours and parental feeding practices are not well established and have not previously been examined in overweight children. The aim of the present study was to assess associations between problem food behaviours, dietary intake and parental feeding practices of overweight children aged 4-8 years. Design: Participants were recruited for a lifestyle intervention (n 203). At baseline, children's BMI was measured and parents completed comprehensive questionnaires about the feeding practices they used, the problem food behaviours their children exhibited and the foods their child consumed. A fussy eating scale was developed and associations were determined using correlations and regression analysis, including interactions. Setting: Dunedin, New Zealand. Subjects: Overweight children aged 4-8 years.Results: Healthy eating guidance and monitoring by parents were related to the consumption of fewer unhealthy foods (B = − 0·4, P = 0·001 and B = − 0·4, P < 0·001). Conversely, a lack of parental control (child control) was related to a higher intake of unhealthy foods (B = 0·5, P < 0·001). Parents of children who were fussy eaters monitored their child's food intake less (P < 0·001) and allowed the child more freedom over what he/she ate (P < 0·001). These children consumed fewer fruit and vegetables than those who were not fussy eaters (P < 0·001). However, fussy eaters with food-restrictive parents ate more fruit and vegetables (B = 2·9, P < 0·001). Conclusions: These results suggest that a more structured food environment might be beneficial for the diet and food behaviours of young overweight children.

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Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire: Validation of a New Measure of Parental Feeding Practices

Abstract: Researchers, clinicians, and health educators might use this measure to better understand how parents feed their children, the factors that contribute to these practices, and the implications of these practices on children's eating behaviors.

Cited by 600 publications

References 42 publications

Associations between parenting styles and nutrition knowledge and 2–5-year-old children's fruit, vegetable and non-core food consumption

Associations between parenting styles and nutrition knowledge and 2–5-year-old children's fruit, vegetable and non-core food consumption

Parental Feeding Practices in the United States and in France: Relationships with Child's Characteristics and Parent's Eating Behavior

Associations between parental feeding practices, problem food behaviours and dietary intake in New Zealand overweight children aged 4–8 years

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