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- Title
Child and Maternal Factors Associated with Feeding Practices in Children with Poor Growth.
- Authors
Almaatani, Dina; Cory, Emma; Gardner, Julie; Alexanian-Farr, Mara; Hulst, Jessie M.; Bandsma, Robert H. J.; Van Den Heuvel, Meta
- Abstract
The development of adequate growth and healthy eating behaviors depends on nutritious food and responsive feeding practices. Our study examined (1) the relationship between maternal concern about child weight or perceived feeding difficulties and their feeding practices, and (2) the moderating role of child temperament and maternal mental health on their feeding practices. A cross-sessional study included mother–child dyads (n = 98) from a tertiary growth and feeding clinic. Children had a mean age of 12.7 ± 5.0 months and a mean weight-for-age z-score of −2.0 ± 1.3. Responsive and controlling feeding practices were measured with the Infant Feeding Styles Questionnaire. Spearman correlation and moderation analysis were performed. Maternal concern about child weight and perceived feeding difficulties were negatively correlated with responsive feeding (r = −0.40, −0.48, p < 0.001). A greater concern about child weight or perceived feeding difficulties was associated with greater use of pressure feeding practices when effortful control was low (B = 0.49, t = 2.47, p = 0.01; B = −0.27, p = 0.008). Maternal anxiety had a significant moderation effect on the relationship between feeding difficulty and pressure feeding (B = −0.04, p = 0.009). Higher maternal concern about child weight and perceived feeding difficulties were associated with less responsive satiety feeding beliefs and behaviors. Both child effortful control and maternal anxiety influenced the relationship between weight and feeding concerns and the use of pressure feeding practices.
- Subjects
STATISTICS; ATTITUDES of mothers; ARTIFICIAL feeding; BODY weight; CROSS-sectional method; CHILD behavior; MENTAL health; MOTHERHOOD; MALNUTRITION; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESEARCH funding; QUESTIONNAIRES; DATA analysis; CHILD development deviations; MOTHER-child relationship; CHILDREN
- Publication
Nutrients, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 22, p4850
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu15224850