Authoritative parent feeding style is associated with better child dietary quality at dinner among low-income minority families.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parent feeding styles have been linked to child weight status across multiple studies. However, to our knowledge, the link between feeding styles and children's dietary quality, a more proximal outcome, has not been investigated.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between parent feeding styles and dietary quality of Head Start preschoolers' dinner meals.

Design

The amount of food served and consumed by children was measured by using a standardized digital photography method during 3 in-home dinner observations of low-income minority families in Houston, Texas. Trained dietitians entered food served and consumed into the Nutrient Data System for Research 2009 for nutrient analysis. Overall dietary quality of the food served and c

SUBMITTER: Arlinghaus KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6186208 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature