Associations between feeding practices and maternal and child weight among mothers who do and do not correctly identify their child's weight status.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to explore factors associated with accuracy of maternal weight perception and determine if maternal feeding practices are associated with weight status.

Methods

Overweight/obese mothers reported demographics and perception of their child's weight and completed a modified preschooler feeding questionnaire. Mother's and child's height and weight were measured. Logistic regression was used to explore associations between demographic factors and accuracy. Correlations between the preschooler feeding questionnaire scales and mom's body mass index (BMI) and child's BMI-percentile were explored for the total sample and accurate and underestimating moms.

Results

Among mothers whose child was overweight or obese, only 20% of mothers correctly identif

SUBMITTER: Tabak RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6727840 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature