ArticleAppetite2012
Parental feeding practices and socioeconomic status are associated with child adiposity in a multi-ethnic sample of children.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 153 citations in OpenAlex.
- Parenting Practices to Prevent Childhood Obesity Among Hispanic Families: A Systematic Literature Review.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2025Pooled it
- Socioeconomic position and body composition in childhood in high- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2021Pooled it
- Food Parenting Practices among Parents with Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2018Pooled it
- Socioeconomic position and childhood-adolescent weight status in rich countries: a systematic review, 1990-2013.BMC pediatrics · 2015Pooled it
- Process and effect evaluation of the app-based parenting programFrontiers in public health · 2022Trial
- A Healthy School Start Plus for prevention of childhood overweight and obesity in disadvantaged areas through parental support in the school setting - study protocol for a parallel group cluster randomised trial.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- The effects of experimentally manipulated social status on acute eating behavior: A randomized, crossover pilot study.Physiology & behavior · 2016Trial
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- The impact of deprivation and neighbourhood food environments on home food environments, parental feeding practices, child eating behaviours, food preferences and BMI: The Family Food Experience Study-London.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- Executive functioning is linked to feeding practices and food insecurity in Head Start mothers.Appetite · 2025Article
- Maternal feeding practices and its association with obesity in children: a cross-sectional study in Iran.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Exploring profiles of fathers integrating food and physical activity parenting practices.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Identifying and evaluating factors related to feeding disorders in children using the path analysis method.Przeglad gastroenterologiczny · 2025Article
- The combined effect of family environment and parents' characteristics on the use of food to soothe children.Food science & nutrition · 2024Article
- Reciprocal associations between parental feeding practices and child eating behaviours from toddlerhood to early childhood: bivariate latent change analysis in the Gemini cohort.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2023Article
- Parental feeding practices as a response to child appetitive traits in toddlerhood and early childhood: a discordant twin analysis of the Gemini cohort.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Article
- Exploring parents' perspectives on feeding their young children: a qualitative study using photo-elicitation in Chile.Public health nutrition · 2022Article
- A 3-Year Longitudinal Study of Effects of Parental Feeding Practices on Child Weight Status: The Childhood Obesity Study in China Mega-Cities.Nutrients · 2022Article
- How time in the US and race/ethnicity shape food parenting practices and child diet quality.Appetite · 2022Article
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Abstract
Parental feeding practices have been associated with children's weight status, but results have been inconsistent across populations. Research is needed to elucidate the relationship between parental feeding practices and adiposity in diverse populations. The present study tested if: (1) parental feeding practices differed by race/ethnicity, (2) parental pressure to eat and parental restriction were associated with adiposity levels, and (3) to investigate the relationship between parental feeding practices and/or child adiposity with socioeconomic status (SES). Structural equations modeling was conducted to test the model in 267 children aged 7-12 years self-identified as African American (AA), European American (EA), or Hispanic American (HA) from economically diverse backgrounds. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry and computed tomography scanning were used to determine body composition and abdominal fat distribution, respectively. Parental restriction was a significant predictor of child adiposity while parental pressure to eat had an inverse relationship with child adiposity. HA parents reported significantly higher levels of restriction and pressure to eat, whereas EA parents reported the lowest. SES was positively associated with child adiposity and inversely related to parental restriction and pressure to eat. Thus, parental feeding practices differ across racial/ethnic groups and SES and may contribute to population differences in child adiposity.
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