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- Title
Parental Concerns and Control in Feeding of 9 to 12-Year-Old Children in a Primary School in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Authors
Noor Azimah, M.; Leelavathi, M.; Shamsul Azhar, S.; Hizlinda, T.; Khairani, O.; Fatimah, A.
- Abstract
Introduction: Body weight of children is affected by many factors including food habits which are influenced by their parents. Studies in the West have shown that parents tend to control child feeding in response to their child's weight status. The aim of this study was to assess Malaysian parental concerns about child weight and the control they exert on child feeding. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on parents and their children aged 9 to 12 years from a primary school in Kuala Lumpur. The weight status of the children was classified according to the body mass index-for-age growth chart. Parental concerns about child weight and control in child feeding was assessed using the adapted Malay version of Child Feeding Questionnaire. Results: A total of 204 parents participated in this study. The study found that being a female served as a protective factor against becoming overweight (OR:0.28, CI:0.13-0.62). Parents with overweight children were significantly older (OR:1.08, CI:1.01-1.15), concerned about their child's weight (OR:2.77, CI:1.49-5.12) and controlled their child's feeding by restricting food intake(OR:2.70, CI:1.30-5.60). They were less likely to pressure their children to eat (OR:0.32, CI:0.19-0.56). Parents from the low income group were more likely to have underweight children (OR: 4.15, CI:1.28-13.47). Conclusion: There was significant difference in level of parental concern across differing child weight status. Parents with overweight children were likely to be more concerned about their child's weight, tending to control their feeding. In contrast, parents with underweight children did not exert control on their feeding.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY weight; CONFIDENCE intervals; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD habits; INGESTION; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL sampling; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SCHOOL children; SEX distribution; T-test (Statistics); LOGISTIC regression analysis; DATA analysis; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; BODY mass index; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Malaysian Journal of Nutrition, 2012, Vol 18, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
1394-035X
- Publication type
Article