Mother's Parenting Style at Meal Time and Their Preschooler's Dietary Behavior

Abstract

Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the nutrition quotient (NQ) by mother's parenting style which may influence the NQ in preschool children.Methods: Subjects were 310 mothers and their 4-6 year old children. The questionnaire composed of demographic characteristics, mother's parenting style at meal time and eating behavior as measured by NQ questions. The NQ questions consisted of 19 food behavior checklist items and all items were grouped into 5 factors: balance, diversity, moderation, regularity, and practice. Mother's parenting style was classified by using words for nutrition education at meal time. All data were statistically analyzed by SPSS program (Ver. 23) and the statistical differences in variables were evaluated by Student's t-test, χ 2 -test, One-way ANOVA.

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“…어머니의 식생활 양육 태도는 식생활 환경의 장을 만들고 유아와 지속적인 상호작용을 하면서 유아의 영양상태 와 건강지표에 영향을 미치게 된다 [2]. 따라서 자녀의 바람직한 식습관 형성을 위해 부모는 모니터링, 모델링, 영양정보 전달, 균형 및 다양성 권장, 건강한 식생활 환경, 식사 준비 참여 등의 식사 지도를 장려하고, 정서조절, 음식으로 보상, 아동통제, 음식 강요 등의 식사 지도는 되도록 지양해야 하며 [13], 어머니는 유아의 식생활 습관 형성에 미치는 자신의 양육행동에 대해 인지하고 유아가 바람직한 식습관 태도를 형성할 수 있도록 식습관 양육태도를 수행해야 한다 [1].…”