Parents鈥?perceptions of preschool children鈥檚 ability to regulate eating. Feeding style differences

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• 作者：Leslie A. Frankel^a ; ^c ; Teresia M. O&rsquo ; Connor^a ; Tzu-An Chen^a ; Theresa Nicklas^a ; Thomas G. Power^b ; Sheryl O. Hughes^a ; ^{Shughes@bcm.edu" class="auth_mail}
• 关键词：Self-regulation ; Feeding styles ; Weight status ; Preschoolers ; Parental feeding
• 刊名：Appetite (APPET)
• 出版年：1 May, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：76
• 期：Complete
• 页码：166-174
• 全文大小：904 K

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Parent feeding styles have been associated with children鈥檚 eating behaviors and weight status across multiple studies. However, little is known about the mechanism through which parent feeding styles influence child weight status. Children鈥檚 ability to self-regulate their eating may be the mechanism that links these two constructs. This study examined the relationship between parent feeding styles, child self-regulatory ability, and weight status to determine whether self-regulatory ability mediated the relationship between parent feeding styles and child weight status in a group of 296 parents and their preschool aged children. Indulgent feeding style was related to children having lessened satiety responsiveness and higher enjoyment of food (two components of self-regulation around eating) compared to other parent feeding styles. Children of parents with an indulgent feeding style were also higher in weight status compared to other feeding styles. Mediation analyses revealed that satiety responsiveness and enjoyment of food mediated the relationship between parent feeding style and child BMI z-score such that children of parents with indulgent feeding styles had lessened ability to self-regulate around eating and higher BMI z-scores. Findings from this study suggest that children鈥檚 ability to self-regulate eating might be an important mechanism by which parent feeding style and child weight are related to each other.