Feeding behaviors of low-income mothers: directive control relates to a lower BMI in children, and a nondirective control relates to a healthier diet in preschoolers

Murashima, Megumi; Hoerr, Sharon L.; Hughes, Sheryl O.; Kaplowitz, Stan A.

doi:10.3945/ajcn.111.024257

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“…27 Yet, it is also essential to recognize that some parental control is still important. For example, parental feeding styles characterized by nondirective or covert control are associated with greater child consumption of healthy foods, 28 whereas indulgent feeding styles are associated with greater consumption of fat and sugar-sweetened beverages in toddlers. 29 …”

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Maternal Feeding Goals Described by Low-Income Mothers

Goulding¹,

Lumeng²,

Rosenblum³

et al. 2015

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

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Objective To identify maternal feeding goals and examine associations of number and type of goals with mother and child characteristics. Design Qualitative interviews about child feeding and quantitative assessment of goal prevalence and associations with mother and child characteristics. Setting Southeastern Michigan. Participants 287 low-income mothers (31% Hispanic or non-white) and their 4- to 8-year-old children. Main Outcome Measure Maternal feeding goals. Analysis Themes were generated using constant comparative method, individual interviews were coded, and prevalence of feeding goals determined. Regression analyses examined associations of mother and child characteristics with number and type of feeding goals. Results Thirteen maternal feeding goals were identified. The most prevalent were to restrict junk food (60%), promote autonomy around eating (54%), prevent obesity (53%), and promote fruits or vegetables (52%). The child being female and heavier with an older, non-Hispanic white, more educated mother with less chaos in the home predicted more maternal feeding goals (all p’s <.05). Specific maternal and child characteristics were associated with individual feeding goals. Conclusions and Implications Depending on their current goals for child feeding, some mothers may benefit from interventions focused on goal development, whereas other mothers may benefit from interventions designed to facilitate goal implementation.

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confidence: 99%

Maternal Feeding Goals Described by Low-Income Mothers

Goulding¹,

Lumeng²,

Rosenblum³

et al. 2015

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

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“…In all four of these studies, more than three discretionary choices were measured. Some studies also noted that higher parental monitoring, a desired feeding practice, was associated with lower intake of discretionary choices (2,27,28,30,47,52) . Other policy-type studies in the home focused on television regulation targeting various discretionary choices (1,25,27,31,32,34) .…”

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“…Over half of studies were based in the USA (n 18) (2,3,(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40) or Australia (n 6) (41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46) . Twenty-three were cross-sectional, observational studies (1,2,(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(41)(42)(43)(47)(48)(49)(50)(51)(52)(53) (see online supplementary material, Supplementary Table 1), with an average sample size of 563 (range 41 (31) -2074 (50) ). There were ten interventions (randomised controlled t...…”

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“…Parental monitoring (i.e. monitoring of children's dietary intake), on the other hand, was significantly associated with higher children's intake of discretionary choices in a majority of studies measuring this exposure (2,27,28,30,47,52) . These child feeding approaches are in line with those first described by Satter (58) , where the parent's role is to provide a range of healthy choices and the child's role is to decide which and how much of these foods he/she will consume.…”

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“…Consumers globally are exposed to an abundance of energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods and beverages, which can be referred to as 'discretionary foods' or 'discretionary choices' (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) . Examples of such foods are sugar-sweetened beverages, processed meats, fried foods, pastries and cakes.…”

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Reducing discretionary food and beverage intake in early childhood: a systematic review within an ecological framework

Johnson

Hendrie

Golley

2015

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To systematically review the literature and map published studies on 4-8-year-olds' intake of discretionary choices against an ecological framework (ANalysis Grid for Environments Linked to Obesity; ANGELO). Design: Articles were identified through database searches (PubMed, PyscINFO ® , Web of Science) in February and March 2014 and hand-searching reference lists. Studies were assessed for methodological quality and mapped against the ANGELO framework by environment size (macro and micro setting) and type (physical, economic, policy and socio-cultural influences). Setting: Studies were conducted in the USA (n 18), Australia (n 6), the UK (n 3), the Netherlands (n 3), Belgium (n 1), Germany (n 1) and Turkey (n 1). Subjects: Children aged 4-8 years, or parents/other caregivers. Results: Thirty-three studies met the review criteria (observational n 23, interventions n 10). Home was the most frequently studied setting (67 % of exposures/strategies), with the majority of these studies targeting family policy-type influences (e.g. child feeding practices, television regulation). Few studies were undertaken in government (5·5 %) or community (11 %) settings, or examined economic-type influences (0 %). Of the intervention studies only four were categorised as effective. Conclusions: The present review is novel in its focus on mapping observational and intervention studies across a range of settings. It highlights the urgent need for high-quality research to inform interventions that directly tackle the factors influencing children's excess intake of discretionary choices. Interventions that assist in optimising a range of environmental influences will enhance the impact of future public health interventions to improve child diet quality.

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Associations Between Food Restriction and Pressure-to-Eat Parenting Practices and Dietary Intake in Children: a Selective Review of the Recent Literature

Loth

2016

Curr Nutr Rep

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Feeding behaviors of low-income mothers: directive control relates to a lower BMI in children, and a nondirective control relates to a healthier diet in preschoolers

Cited by 31 publications

References 50 publications

Maternal Feeding Goals Described by Low-Income Mothers

Maternal Feeding Goals Described by Low-Income Mothers

Reducing discretionary food and beverage intake in early childhood: a systematic review within an ecological framework

Associations Between Food Restriction and Pressure-to-Eat Parenting Practices and Dietary Intake in Children: a Selective Review of the Recent Literature

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