Role of food preoccupation and current dieting in the associations of parental feeding practices to emotional eating in young adults: A moderated mediation study

Williams, Natalie A.; Dev, Dipti A.; Hankey, Maren; Blitch, Kimberly A.

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2017.01.003

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“…Although pressuring a child to eat may be a well-intentioned parental response to child undereating and their fussy eating, longitudinal studies show that this pressure also predicts future food fussiness as children develop, amplifying rather than dampening the fussy eating [37]. Furthermore, pressuring children to eat is associated with picky eating in adulthood [38]. It therefore seems clear that this specific parental feeding strategy generally backfires.…”

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Intergenerational Transmission of Child Feeding Practices

Lev‐Ari

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Bachner‐Melman

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This study assessed the relationships between parents’ retrospective recollections of their mothers’ child feeding practices (CFP), current disordered eating (DE) and current CFP (how they now feed their children). 174 Israeli parents (136 mothers, 38 fathers; 40.1 ± 6.9 years of age) of children between the ages of 2 and 18, living at home, completed questionnaires online assessing demographics, retrospective recollections of the CFP that their mothers used when they were children, current CFP and current DE. Specific aspects of retrospectively recalled maternal CFP were significantly associated with the same aspects of current CFP. Current DE mediated the association between retrospectively recalled maternal CFP and current CFP and moderated the association between current concern about child’s weight and pressure for child to eat. Results highlight that the way adults pass on their feeding practices to their children is strongly influenced by their childhood recollections of their mothers’ concern about their weight, pressure for them to eat or restriction of their food intake. People often strive to behave differently from their parents, especially in the realm of food and eating. However, our findings suggest that parental CFP can become entrenched and can be passed on to our children.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Intergenerational Transmission of Child Feeding Practices

Lev‐Ari

Zohar

Bachner‐Melman

et al. 2021

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“…Negative childhood feeding experiences might disturb children's sensitivity to internal hunger and satiety cues [2]. It may continue to have adverse impact and progress into maladaptive eating behaviors in adulthood, such as emotional eating [3,4].…”

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“…Association between PFP and eating behaviors is more commonly investigated in early (birth to 6 years) and middle (6 to 12 years) childhood [8,[15][16][17], in comparison to adolescence [18,19]. Available studies [3,4,[20][21][22][23][24] indicate that childhood experiences might favor certain eating styles in adulthood (e.g., emotional eating, excessive food preoccupation, and disordered eating behaviors). However, there is a lack of research on the effect of PFP on food intake among young, middle-aged, and older adults [3,24].…”

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“…Available studies [3,4,[20][21][22][23][24] indicate that childhood experiences might favor certain eating styles in adulthood (e.g., emotional eating, excessive food preoccupation, and disordered eating behaviors). However, there is a lack of research on the effect of PFP on food intake among young, middle-aged, and older adults [3,24]. Thus, the relationship between early feeding experiences, later eating behaviors, and food consumption still remains unclear and requires further examination [3].…”

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Does Examining the Childhood Food Experiences Help to Better Understand Food Choices in Adulthood?

Małachowska

Jeżewska-Zychowicz

2021

Nutrients

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Impact of parental feeding practices on children’s eating behaviors is well-documented in the literature. Nevertheless, little is known about how many of these behaviors might persist into adulthood. There is a lack of a tool measuring childhood feeding experiences recollected by adults, while the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ) is used to measure parental feeding practices applied towards children. The aim of the study was to adapt the CFPQ to measure adults’ recollections of their childhood (5–10 years old) feeding experiences, to examine its discriminant validity and then to assess if these practices are related to adults’ food choices. In 2020, the modified version of CFPQ (mCFPQ) and questions on current food consumption were administered in a group of 500 adults twice over a two-week interval. The analysis included 443 participants whose questionnaires were correctly completed in both stages of the study. The Q-sorting procedure was used to test for discriminant validity of the questionnaire, i.e., confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis (EFA), Cronbach’s alpha, correlations coefficients, and the analysis of the differences between groups according to the intake of certain food products. Test–retest reliability was examined by calculating interclass correlation coefficients (ICC) for each obtained factor. As a result of EFA, five subscales were identified: “Restrictions”, “Healthy Eating Guidance”, “Pressure and Food Reward”, “Monitoring”, and “Child Control”. Items from these subscales created a new tool—Adults’ Memories of Feeding in Childhood (AMoFiC). Test for internal consistency, factor correlations, and discriminant validity proved satisfactory psychometric parameters of AMoFiC. “Pressure and Food Reward” and “Child Control” were associated with higher intake of sweets and salty snacks, whereas “Healthy Eating Guidance”, “Monitoring”, and “Restrictions” were associated with higher consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables. Despite the fact that the AMoFiC questionnaire requires further research, the findings of the study might be of practical use in counseling addressed to the parents.

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“…These treatments may sometimes have a long term effect on children. For instance, non-acceptance of children's refusal by means of coercive feeding practices may affect children's later eating behaviors (Williams et al, 2017).…”

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Requests for actions and their responses in caregiver-child interactions : a conversation analytic approach

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Role of food preoccupation and current dieting in the associations of parental feeding practices to emotional eating in young adults: A moderated mediation study

Cited by 14 publications

References 37 publications

Intergenerational Transmission of Child Feeding Practices

Intergenerational Transmission of Child Feeding Practices

Does Examining the Childhood Food Experiences Help to Better Understand Food Choices in Adulthood?

Requests for actions and their responses in caregiver-child interactions : a conversation analytic approach

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