Parenting Influences on Appetite and Weight

Hughes, Sheryl O.; Power, Thomas G.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-811716-3.00009-9

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“…The model in Figure recognizes the role of parental influences on the development of OW/OB in childhood. The contribution of these psychosocial processes is prominent in the developmental literature and scholarship on the development of children's eating and weight . A biopsychosocial approach emphasizes the need to integrate these psychosocial influences with child biological factors.…”

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“…The contribution of these psychosocial processes is prominent in the developmental literature 52,67,96,[213][214][215][216][217][218] and scholarship on the development of children's eating and weight. 14,63,64,89,124,197,[219][220][221][222][223][224][225][226] A biopsychosocial approach emphasizes the need to integrate these psychosocial influences with child biological factors. As shown in Figure 1, this means that child biological foundations influence parent cognitions, expectations and interpretations, as well as parent behavior and practices.…”

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A biopsychosocial approach to processes and pathways in the development of overweight and obesity in childhood: Insights from developmental theory and research

Russell

2019

Obesity Reviews

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Summary Childhood obesity has reached alarming proportions in many countries. There is consensus that both biological (especially genetic) and environmental (including psychosocial) factors contribute to weight gain and obesity in childhood. Research has identified extensive risk or predictive factors for childhood obesity from both of these domains. There is less consensus about the developmental processes or pathways showing how these risk factors lead to overweigh/obesity (OW/OB) in childhood. We outline a biopsychosocial process model of the development of OW/OB in childhood. The model and associated scholarship from developmental theory and research guide an analysis of research on OW/OB in childhood. The model incorporates biological factors such as genetic predispositions or susceptibility genes, temperament, and homeostatic and allostatic processes with the psychosocial and behavioral factors of parenting, parental feeding practices, child appetitive traits, food liking, food intakes, and energy expenditure. There is an emphasis on bidirectional and transactional processes linking child biology and behavior with psychosocial processes and environment. Insights from developmental theory and research include implications for conceptualization, measurement, research design, and possible multiple pathways to OW/OB. Understanding the developmental processes and pathways involved in childhood OW/OB should contribute to more targeted prevention and intervention strategies in childhood.

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Section: Psychosocial Processes and Their Integration With Child Bimentioning

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A biopsychosocial approach to processes and pathways in the development of overweight and obesity in childhood: Insights from developmental theory and research

Russell

2019

Obesity Reviews

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“…More recently, a focus on broader, more global approaches to feeding has begun to emerge in the literature on childhood obesity. Feeding styles, in contrast to feeding practices, describe the overall context in which parents socialize their children around eating [14][15][16]. The feeding style construct includes the emotional climate a parent creates together with their child during eating episodes [16].…”

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Maternal feeding style and child weight status among Hispanic families with low-income levels: a longitudinal study of the direction of effects

Hughes

Power

O’Connor

et al. 2021

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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Background The home environment is a central and modifiable influence on the development of childhood obesity. Evidence supports the central role of parents in shaping problematic child eating behaviors and excess weight. Most studies of feeding emphasize parent-driven influences without taking into account the child’s role in eating interactions. Few studies have addressed the bi-directional nature of feeding dynamics in studies of young children. Methods The goals of this study were: 1) to examine if parental feeding styles during preschool (4–5 years) predict child weight status at 7–9 years, and 2) to examine the direction of effects between parental feeding styles and child weight status over time. Participants were part of a larger longitudinal study of Hispanic Head Start families living in the West South Central United States. Data from mother/child dyads were collected at three time points: Time 1 (ages 4–5), Time 2 (ages 5 ½-6 ½), and at Time 3 (ages 7–9). Only data from the Times 1 and 3 were used in the current analyses. A total of 128 mothers and their children had data on all variables needed for the analyses. Assessments included parent-reported feeding styles, feeding practices, acculturation, child eating behaviors, and child height and weight. Hierarchical regression was used to examine the first aim; a cross-lagged panel analysis examined the second aim. Results An indulgent parental feeding style at ages 4–5 was associated with increased child BMI z-score at ages 7–9. Indulgent feeding significantly contributed to child BMI z-score beyond demographics, baseline child BMI z-score, parental acculturation, and child eating behaviors. Regarding the direction of effects in parental feeding interactions, the cross-lagged analyses showed that both indulgent feeding style and authoritative feeding style at Time 1 positively predicted child BMI z-scores at Time 3. Child effects were significant as well. Child BMI z-score at Time 1 positively predicted indulgent feeding and negatively predicted authoritarian feeding at Time 3. Conclusions Indulgent feeding should be addressed in future family-focused childhood obesity initiatives focused on young children and their parents.

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“…The intervention session format was modeled after the Strengthening Families Program for Parents and Youth 10-14, an evidence-based, prevention program for preadolescent children and their parents or caregivers. [32][33][34][35] See Table 1 for more information on the 6-U FoodMania! curriculum units, lessons, and activities.…”

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“…The parents' nutrition-specific components of the intervention focused on age-appropriate strategies effective for influencing child food consumption, [33][34][35][36][37] including use of and discussion of nutrition labels with children, increasing availability and accessibility of healthier foods, youth self-monitoring of fruit and vegetable intake the Go/ Slow/Whoa model for food choices, practice facilitating youth's critical thinking, and child-initiated discussion about food marketing and nutritional content of foods.…”

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A Media Literacy-Based Nutrition Program Fosters Parent–Child Food Marketing Discussions, Improves Home Food Environment, and Youth Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables

Austin

Kaiser

et al. 2020

Childhood Obesity

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Background: Media use is a known contributor to childhood obesity, but encouraging reductions in screen use only partially eliminates media influence. We tested a family-centered, media literacy-oriented intervention to empower parents and children 9-14 years to skillfully use media to reduce marketing influences, enhance nutrition knowledge, improve the selection of foods in the home environment, and improve fruit and vegetable consumption. Methods: A community-based, 6-U program included separate parent and youth (ages 9-14 years) sessions, each of which was followed by a session together in which skills from the individual sessions were reinforced. A pretest to posttest field test with control groups (N = 189, parent-child dyads) tested the intervention's efficacy. Results: Standardized mean differences from the multiple analysis of covariance tests showed that the intervention group demonstrated improvements on parents' use of nutrition labels (0.29), the ratio of healthy to unhealthy food in the home environment (0.25), youth's fruit (0.30) and vegetable (0.25) consumption, parent and youth media literacy skills, and family communication dynamics about food. The largest effects found were for negative parental mediation (0.48) and parents' report of child-initiated discussion (0.47). Consistent but weaker results were revealed for Latinx families. Conclusions: This family-centered approach helped family members practice using media together to make better nutrition decisions without depending on the ability of parents to limit media use. It successfully addressed the often-negative impact of the media on behaviors that increase obesity risk while also cultivating the potential for media to provide useful information that can lead to behaviors that decrease obesity risk.

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Parenting Influences on Appetite and Weight

Cited by 6 publications

References 115 publications

A biopsychosocial approach to processes and pathways in the development of overweight and obesity in childhood: Insights from developmental theory and research

A biopsychosocial approach to processes and pathways in the development of overweight and obesity in childhood: Insights from developmental theory and research

Maternal feeding style and child weight status among Hispanic families with low-income levels: a longitudinal study of the direction of effects

A Media Literacy-Based Nutrition Program Fosters Parent–Child Food Marketing Discussions, Improves Home Food Environment, and Youth Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables

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