Associations among parental feeding styles and children's food intake in families with limited incomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although general parenting styles and restrictive parental feeding practices have been associated with children's weight status, few studies have examined the association between feeding styles and proximal outcomes such as children's food intake, especially in multi-ethnic families with limited incomes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of parental feeding styles and young children's evening food intake in a multiethnic sample of families in Head Start.

Methods

Participants were 715 Head Start children and their parents from Texas and Alabama representing three ethnic groups: African-American (43%), Hispanic (29%), and White (28%). The Caregivers Feeding Styles Questionnaire (Hughes) was used to characterize authoritative, authoritarian (r

SUBMITTER: Hoerr SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2739505 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature