Controlling feeding practices and maternal migrant background: an analysis of a multicultural sample.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Parental feeding practices shape children's relationships with food and eating. Feeding is embedded socioculturally in values and attitudes related to food and parenting. However, few studies have examined associations between parental feeding practices and migrant background.

Design

Cross-sectional study. Parental feeding practices (restriction, pressure to eat, monitoring) were assessed using the Child Feeding Questionnaire. Differences were explored in four sub-samples grouped by maternal place of birth: Sweden, Nordic/Western Europe, Eastern/Southern Europe and countries outside Europe. Crude, partly and fully adjusted linear regression models were created. Potential confounding variables included child's age, gender and weight status, and mother's age, weight

SUBMITTER: Somaraki M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10261564 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature