Instruments Measuring Maternal Factors in Obese Preschool Children

Sherman, Jacqueline Blank; Alexander, Mary A.; Clark, Lauren; Dean, April; Welter, Linda Lee; Allan, Janet D.; Ryan‐Wenger, Nancy A.

doi:10.1177/019394599201400502

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“…The Nutritional Knowledge Questionnaire (Sherman, Alexander, Clark, Dean, & Welter, 1992) was used to measure a woman’s nutrition knowledge with questions about nutrient values of foods (i.e., calories, fats, and vitamins) and basic nutritional principles. This instrument was tested originally in a population of low-income Mexican American and White women in south Texas.…”

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Predictors of Dietary Quality in Low-Income Pregnant Women

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Background Despite the potential importance of nutrition to pregnancy outcomes, little is known about the factors influencing dietary quality, especially during the first trimester. Objective To examine the relationships among distress (an index of depression and stress), social support, and eating habits with dietary quality in low-income pregnant women. Method A cross-sectional design and path analytic methods was used in a clinic-based sample of low-income women (n = 118) in their first trimester of pregnancy. Women completed questionnaires and received training on estimating food portion sizes. Three 24-hour dietary recalls were collected over 2 weeks. Overall dietary quality was assessed using the Dietary Quality Index: Pregnancy. Results The final path model fit well (CFI = .97; RMSEA = .05) and revealed that distress had a direct effect on poor eating habits (β = .36), and a direct (β = −.23) and indirect effect on dietary quality (β = −.30). Poor eating habits had a direct effect on dietary quality (β = −.18). Social support had no effect on dietary quality. Age had significant direct effects on education (β = .39) and nutritional knowledge (β = .18) and an indirect effect on dietary quality (total effect, β = .19). Maternal age, education, and nutritional knowledge did not have significant effects on psychosocial variables. Discussion Psychosocial distress and poor eating habits contributed to inadequate dietary quality. Assessing for depression, stress, poor eating habits, and overall dietary quality during the crucial first trimester may identify women needing more intensive dietary monitoring and intervention throughout pregnancy.

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Predictors of Dietary Quality in Low-Income Pregnant Women

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“…Research shows that mothers with higher weight status are more likely to give their children snacks of low nutrient density (i.e. high energy density) (52). Similarly, children with overweight mothers are likely to consume more fat as a proportion of food intake in comparison to children of non‐overweight mothers (23).…”

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Childhood overweight: a contextual model and recommendations for future research

2001

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SummaryThe prevalence of overweight among children has doubled within the past two decades. Increases in the rate of childhood overweight are of particular concern due to the negative health and psychological effects noted among overweight children. As shown by previous research, the development of childhood overweight involves a complex set of factors from multiple contexts that interact with each other to place a child at risk of overweight. This multifaceted system can be conceptualized using Ecological Systems Theory (EST). EST highlights the importance of considering the context(s), or ecological niche, in which a person is located in order to understand the emergence of a particular characteristic. In the case of a child, the ecological niche includes the family and the school, which are in turn embedded in larger social contexts including the community and society at large. In this review, EST is used as a framework with which to summarize research assessing predictors of childhood overweight. Specifically, child characteristics that place children at risk of the development of overweight (including dietary intake, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour) will be reviewed while taking into consideration the influence of the familial environment, the school environment, and the community and larger social environments. It is concluded that future research needs to adopt a broader contextual approach in order to understand and intervene against the processes leading to the development of overweight among children and that the use of theories or paradigms such as EST will facilitate developing and testing models of causal processes.

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“…8 Several reviews have indicated that controlling feeding practices in general, and restriction in particular, is the aspect of food parenting most consistently linked to child weight outcomes. 27,28 In addition to pressure and restriction, a range of other controlling food parenting behaviors have also been measured, including pushiness, 29 encouragement to clean the child's plate, 30 parent control of intake, 31 threat to withhold food/play, 32 aversive instruction, aversive contact, 33 coerciveness, 34 and rewarding eating with desired activities or nonfood objects. 35 …”

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Food Parenting: A Selective Review of Current Measurement and an Empirical Examination To Inform Future Measurement

Musher‐Eizenman

Kiefner

2013

Childhood Obesity

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Background: Interactions between parents and children in regard to food are an important part of the development of food preferences and intake patterns for children. The measurement of this complex and multidimensional construct is very challenging.Methods: This article examines the current status of measurement in this domain in a selective review, considers qualitative input from parents and adolescents in an empirical examination of the topic, and makes concrete recommendations for the future.Results: Qualitatively, there were important differences between what the adolescents reported that their parents did to impact their eating habits, what parents of younger children report they currently do, and what researchers typically measure in research on parental feeding practices.Conclusions: On the basis of these empirical findings and our review of the literature, we recommend that food parenting be measured on three levels: Feeding styles (e.g., authoritative), food parenting practices (e.g., restriction), and specific feeding behaviors (e.g., putting food out of the child's reach). Specific recommendations for future study are given for each level of measurement.

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Instruments Measuring Maternal Factors in Obese Preschool Children

Cited by 16 publications

References 31 publications

Predictors of Dietary Quality in Low-Income Pregnant Women

Predictors of Dietary Quality in Low-Income Pregnant Women

Childhood overweight: a contextual model and recommendations for future research

Food Parenting: A Selective Review of Current Measurement and an Empirical Examination To Inform Future Measurement

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