Validation of the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire among Brazilian Families of School-Aged Children.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Children's eating behaviors are influenced by parents, who are the first nutritional educators. The comprehensive feeding practices questionnaire (CFPQ) was developed to measure feeding practices among parents, but has not yet been validated in Brazil, where child obesity rates are steeply increasing. The aim of the study was to test the validity of the CFPQ among Brazilian parents of school-aged children and propose a new version of the instrument.

Methods

Transcultural adaptation included translation into Portuguese, back translation, content validity, testing for semantic equivalence, and piloting. Questionnaire data were obtained for 659 parents of 5- to 9-year olds. Confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses and psychometric analyses (tests for internal c

SUBMITTER: Mais LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4630658 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature