Mother-child pairs' eating and feeding behaviours in two different nutritional status from two distinct provinces.

ABSTRACT: Nutrition plays a crucial role for the bio-psycho-social growth and development of children. Mother-child pairs' eating-feeding problems can be hypothesized to relate to the child's nutritional status and living area. Our focus was to assess maternal attitudes and children's eating habits in thin and normal-weight children across two cities characterized by distinct socioeconomic and demographic profiles: Ankara and Şanlıurfa. This double case-control study included the mothers whose children are aged between 2 and 7 years old in both cities. Figure Rating Scale, Child Feeding Questionnaire and Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding Assessment Scale were filled by mothers of children. The mothers of thin children were concerned more about the weight of their children, felt more responsible for feed

SUBMITTER: Ozen G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10773149 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature