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- Title
Associations between maternal and paternal feeding styles of infants in a racially diverse US birth cohort.
- Authors
Benjamin‐Neelon, Sara E.; Neelon, Brian
- Abstract
Summary: Background: Maternal feeding style has been associated with childhood obesity and has been the target of numerous interventions, but few studies included fathers. Objectives: We assessed correlations and associations between maternal and paternal feeding style. Methods: We examined 202 mothers, fathers, and infants in Nurture, a racially diverse US cohort (2013‐2017). Mothers and fathers completed the Infant Feeding Style Questionnaire when infants were 6 and 12 months. We examined unadjusted correlations using Spearman's Rho and adjusted associations using linear regressions. Results: All feeding styles were significantly correlated. After adjustment, maternal feeding style was associated with paternal feeding style at 6 and 12 months for responsive (ß 0.31; CI 0.18, 0.45; P ≤ 0.0001 and ß 0.67; CI 0.50, 0.84; P ≤ 0.0001), restrictive (ß 0.24; CI 0.09, 0.38; P = 0.001 and ß 0.44; CI 0.29, 0.59; P ≤ 0.0001), pressuring (ß 0.46; CI 0.34, 0.58; P ≤ 0.0001 and ß 0.51; CI 0.38, 065; P ≤ 0.0001), indulgent (ß 0.36; CI 0.20, 0.52; P ≤ 0.0001 and ß 0.57; CI 0.40, 0.73; P ≤ 0.0001), and laissez‐faire (ß 0.39; CI 0.24, 0.55; P ≤ 0.0001 and ß 0.55; CI 0.37, 0.72; P ≤ 0.0001). Conclusions: Maternal and paternal feeding styles were correlated. Associations held after adjustment, suggesting that mothers and fathers are in relative agreement in their reporting.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CONFIDENCE intervals; FATHERHOOD; FATHERS; INFANT nutrition; MOTHERHOOD; MOTHERS; PARENTING; CULTURAL pluralism; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION analysis; STATISTICS; DATA analysis; SECONDARY analysis; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Pediatric Obesity, 2020, Vol 15, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
2047-6302
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ijpo.12712