A mixed methods analysis of maternal response to children's consumption of a palatable food: differences by child weight status.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about how mothers respond to their child eating palatable foods.

Objectives

The objectives of the study are to examine maternal behaviours when children are presented with a large portion of energy-dense palatable food in an experimental setting and to examine differences by child weight status.

Methods

Mother-child dyads (N = 37) (mean child age 70.8 months) participated in a videotaped eating protocol with cupcakes. Anthropometrics were measured. Videos were analysed using discourse analysis and were reliably coded for the presence or absence of the most salient theme. Analysis of variance examined theme presence by child and mother weight status.

Results

Mothers disavowed responsibility for their child's eating. Mothers were observ

SUBMITTER: Pesch MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6495602 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature