scholarly journals Parental feeding practices to manage snack food intake: Associations with energy intake regulation in young children

Appetite ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 123 ◽  
pp. 233-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadia Corsini ◽  
Lisa Kettler ◽  
Vanessa Danthiir ◽  
Carlene Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Snack Food ◽  
Parental Feeding Practices ◽  
Parental Feeding ◽  
Intake Regulation

scholarly journals Evidence for gene-environment correlation in child feeding: Links between common genetic variation for BMI in children and parental feeding practices

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saskia Selzam ◽  
Tom A. McAdams ◽  
Jonathan R. I. Coleman ◽  
Susan Carnell ◽  
Paul F. O’Reilly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Genetic Correlations ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Child Feeding ◽  
Parental Feeding Practices ◽  
Parental Feeding ◽  
Gene Environment ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
Polygenic Scores ◽  
Child Bmi

AbstractThe parental feeding practices (PFPs) of excessive restriction of food intake (‘restriction’) and pressure to increase food consumption (‘pressure’) have been argued to causally influence child weight in opposite directions (high restriction causing overweight; high pressure causing underweight). However child weight could also ‘elicit’ PFPs. A novel approach is to investigate gene-environment correlation between child genetic influences on BMI and PFPs. Genome-wide polygenic scores (GPS) combining BMI-associated variants were created for 10,346 children (including 3,320 DZ twin pairs) from the Twins Early Development Study using results from an independent genome-wide association study meta-analysis. Parental ‘restriction’ and ‘pressure’ were assessed using the Child Feeding Questionnaire. Child BMI standard deviation scores (BMI-SDS) were calculated from children’s height and weight at age 10. Linear regression and fixed family effect models were used to test between-(n=4,445 individuals) and within-family (n=2,164 DZ pairs) associations between the GPS and PFPs. In addition, we performed multivariate twin analyses (n=4,375 twin pairs) to estimate the heritabilities of PFPs and the genetic correlations between BMI-SDS and PFPs. The GPS was correlated with BMI-SDS (β=0.20, p=2.41×10-38). Consistent with the gene-environment correlation hypothesis, child BMI GPS was positively associated with ‘restriction’ (β=0.05, p=4.19×10-4), and negatively associated with ‘pressure’ (β=-0.08, p=2.70×10-7). These results remained consistent after controlling for parental BMI, and after controlling for overall family contributions (within-family analyses). Heritabilities for ‘restriction’ (43% [40-47%]) and ‘pressure’ (54% [50-59%]) were moderate-to-high. Twin-based genetic correlations were moderate and positive between BMI-SDS and ‘restriction’ (rA=0.28 [0.23-0.32]), and substantial and negative between BMI-SDS and ‘pressure’ (rA=-0.48 [-0.52 --0.44]. Results suggest that the degree to which parents limit or encourage children’s food intake is partly influenced by children’s genetic predispositions to higher or lower BMI. These findings point to an evocative gene-environment correlation in which heritable characteristics in the child elicit parental feeding behaviour.Author SummaryIt is widely believed that parents influence their child’s BMI via certain feeding practices. For example, rigid restriction has been argued to cause overweight, and pressuring to eat to cause underweight. However, recent longitudinal research has not supported this model. An alternative hypothesis is that child BMI, which has a strong genetic basis, evokes parental feeding practices (‘gene-environment correlation’). To test this, we applied two genetic methods in a large sample of 10-year-old children from the Twins Early Development Study: a polygenic score analysis (DNA-based score of common genetic variants robustly associated with BMI in genome-wide meta-analyses), and a twin analysis (comparing resemblance between identical and non-identical twin pairs). Polygenic scores correlated positively with parental restriction of food intake (‘restriction’; β=0.05, p=4.19×10-4), and negatively with parental pressure to increase food intake (‘pressure’; β=-0.08, p=2.70×10-7). Associations were unchanged after controlling for all genetic and environmental effects shared within families. Results from twin analyses were consistent. ‘Restriction’ (43%) and ‘pressure’ (54%) were substantially heritable, and a positive genetic correlation between child BMI and ‘restriction’ (rA=0.28), and negative genetic correlation between child BMI and ‘pressure’ (rA=-0.48) emerged. These findings challenge the prevailing view that parental behaviours are the sole cause of child BMI by supporting an alternate hypothesis that child BMI also causes parental feeding behaviour.

Changes in parental feeding practices and preschoolers’ food intake following a randomized controlled childhood obesity trial

Appetite ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 154 ◽  
pp. 104746
Author(s):  
Maria Somaraki ◽  
Karin Eli ◽  
Kimmo Sorjonen ◽  
Anna Ek ◽  
Pernilla Sandvik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Parental Feeding Practices ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Parental Feeding

scholarly journals Factors Associated with Feeding Problems in Young Children with Gastrointestinal Diseases

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 741
Author(s):  
Katerina Sdravou ◽  
Elpida Emmanouilidou-Fotoulaki ◽  
Athanasia Printza ◽  
Elias Andreoulakis ◽  
Stavroula Beropouli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Pediatric Population ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Gastrointestinal Diseases ◽  
Feeding Problems ◽  
Feeding Behaviors ◽  
Parental Feeding Practices ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Parental Feeding ◽  
Mealtime Environment

Feeding problems are associated with the consumption of a limited amount or restricted variety of foods and often occur in children with gastrointestinal diseases. The majority of studies to date do not use valid and reliable measurements to detect feeding problems. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess behavioral and skill-based feeding problems in young children with gastrointestinal diseases by using a well-established parent-reported feeding measure and identify demographic, anthropometric, and environmental factors associated with maladaptive feeding behaviors in this pediatric population. Parents completed the Greek version of the Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding Assessment Scale (BPFAS) and self-reported questionnaires assessing mealtime environment and parental feeding practices. It was found that 18.6% of the sample had abnormal Total Frequency Score (TFS) (frequency of problematic feeding behaviors) and 39.5% had abnormal Total Problem Score (TPS) (number of behaviors perceived as problematic by parents). Younger children, with lower body mass index, lower birth weight, and only children were more likely to have feeding problems. The study showed that parent-reported feeding problems are increased in young children with gastrointestinal diseases and are associated with specific aspects of mealtime environment and parental feeding practices.

Child weight and parental feeding practices: a child-responsive model

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Lind Melbye ◽  
Håvard Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Weight Status ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Parental Concern ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Parental Feeding Practices ◽  
Child Weight ◽  
Parental Feeding ◽  
Wide Range

Purpose – The majority of previous studies on parental feeding practices have focused on the effect of controlling feeding strategies on child eating and weight (i.e. parental influence on children). The present study turns the arrow in the opposite direction, and it aims to test a child-responsive model by exploring the process in which child weight status might influence parental feeding practices, addressing potential mediating effects of parental concern for child weight (i.e. child influence on parents). Design/methodology/approach – A cross-sectional survey was performed among parents of 10- to 12-year olds (n = 963). The survey questionnaire included measures of parental feeding practices and parents’ reports of child weight and height. Stepwise regressions were performed to reveal potential mediating effects of parental concern for child weight status on the associations between child BMI and a wide range of parental feeding practices. Findings – Our results suggest a mediating effect of parental concern for child overweight on the associations between child body mass index and controlling feeding practices such as restriction for weight and health purposes and responsibility for determining child portion sizes. Originality/value – This study provides an extension of previous research on parental feeding–child weight relationship. It includes a wider spectrum of feeding variables, and integrates parental concern for both child who is overweight and child who is underweight as potential mediators of the associations between child weight and parental feeding practices. Moreover, it has its focus on preadolescent children, while previous studies have focused on infants and young children.

scholarly journals Parental Phone use during Mealtime with Toddlers and the Associations with Feeding Practices and Shared Family Meals: A Cross-sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frøydis Nordgård Vik ◽  
Erik Grasaas ◽  
Maaike E. M. Polspoel ◽  
Margrethe Røed ◽  
Elisabet R. Hillesund ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Family Meals ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Parental Feeding Practices ◽  
Parental Feeding

Abstract BackgroundPositive parental feeding practices and a higher frequency of family meals are related to healthier child dietary habits. Parents play an essential role when it comes to the development of their child’s eating habits. However, parents are increasingly distracted by their mobile phone during mealtime. The aim of this study was to describe the feeding practices and daily shared family meals among parents who use and do not use mobile phone during mealtime, and further to explore the associations between the use of mobile phone during mealtime and feeding practices and daily shared family meals, respectively.Methods Cross-sectional data from the Food4toddler study were used to explore the association between mobile use during meals and parental feeding practices including family meals. In 2017/2018 parents of toddlers were recruited through social media to participate in the study. In total 298 out of 404 who volunteered to participate, filled in a baseline questionnaire, including questions from the comprehensive feeding practices questionnaire (CFPQ), questions of frequency of family meals and use of mobile phone during meals. ResultsHerein, 4 out of 10 parents reported various levels of phone use (meal distraction) during mealtimes. Parental phone use was associated with lower use of positive parental feeding practices like modelling (B= -1.05 (95% CI -1.69; -0.41)) and family food environment (B= -0.77 (95% CI -1.51; -0.03)), and more use of negative parental feeding practices like emotional regulation (B= 0.73 (95% CI 0.32; 1.14)) and the use of pressure to eat (B= 1.22 (95% CI 0.41; 2.03)). Furthermore, parental phone use was associated with a lower frequency of daily family breakfast (OR= 0.50 (95% CI 0.31; 0.82)) and dinner (OR= 0.57 (95% CI 0.35; 0.93)). ConclusionsMobile phone use is common among parents during mealtimes, and findings indicate that parental phone use is associated with less healthy feeding practices and shared family meals. These findings highlight the importance of making parents aware of potential impacts of meal distractions. Trial registration: ISRCTN92980420. Registered 13 September 2017. Retrospectively registered.

Parental Feeding Practices and Concerns Related to Child Underweight, Picky Eating, and Using Food to Calm Differ According to Ethnicity/Race, Acculturation, and Income

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 899-909 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Evans ◽  
Jennifer Greenberg Seth ◽  
Shanna Smith ◽  
Karol Kaye Harris ◽  
Jennifer Loyo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Picky Eating ◽  
Parental Feeding Practices ◽  
Parental Feeding ◽  
Child Underweight
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