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ArticleThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2015

Parental feeding practices and child weight status in Mexican American families: a longitudinal analysis.

Jeanne M Tschann, Suzanna M Martinez, Carlos Penilla, Steven E Gregorich, Lauri A Pasch, Cynthia L de Groat, Elena Flores, Julianna Deardorff, Louise C Greenspan, Nancy F Butte

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Article in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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62citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 108 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Bidirectional associations between mothers' feeding practices and child eating behaviours.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018
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  8. A longitudinal study of perceived stress, tangible social support, and gender on Mexican American parental feeding practices.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Jeanne M TschannDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco, 94143-0848, San Francisco, CA, USA. tschannj@healthpsych.ucsf.edu.
Suzanna M MartinezDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California at San Francisco, 94143-0503, San Francisco, CA, USA. suzanna.martinez@ucop.edu.
Carlos PenillaSchool of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, 50 University Hall, 94720-7360, Berkeley, CA, USA. cpenilla@berkeley.edu.
Steven E GregorichDepartment of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, 94143-0856, San Francisco, CA, USA. gregorich@medicine.ucsf.edu.
Lauri A PaschDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco, 94143-0848, San Francisco, CA, USA. lauri.pasch@ucsfmedctr.edu.
Cynthia L de GroatDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco, 94143-0848, San Francisco, CA, USA. cy.degroat@ucsf.edu.
Elena FloresCounseling Psychology Department, School of Education, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street, 94118, San Francisco, CA, USA. florese@usfca.edu.
Julianna DeardorffDivision of Community Health and Human Development, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, 50 University Hall, 94720-7360, Berkeley, CA, USA. jdeardorff@berkeley.edu.
Louise C GreenspanKaiser Permanente, 2200 O'Farrell Street, 94115, San Francisco, CA, USA. louise.c.greenspan@kp.org.
Nancy F ButteBaylor College of Medicine, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, 1100 Bates Street, 77030-2600, Houston, TX, USA. nbutte@bcm.edu.
University of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of California, Berkeley · USUniversity of San Francisco · USChildren's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine · USKaiser Permanente · US

Funding

Ujima Mentoring ProgramP30MH062246 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MALLORY O JOHNSON · 2001 to 2026
$57.4M
Parental Influences on Obesity Among Mexican American ChildrenR01HL084404 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI TSCHANN, JEANNE M. · 2007 to 2011
$3.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL084404NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH062246
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundParental feeding practices are thought to influence children's weight status, through children's eating behavior and nutritional intake. However, because most studies have been cross-sectional, the direction of influence is unclear. Moreover, although obesity rates are high among Latino children, few studies of parental feeding practices have focused on this population.

methodsThis 2-year longitudinal study examined mutual influences over time between parental feeding practices and children's weight status, in Mexican American families with children 18 years old at baseline. Mothers (n = 322) and fathers (n = 182) reported on their feeding practices at baseline, 1-year follow-up, and 2-year follow-up. Weight status, defined by waist-height ratio (WHtR) and body mass index (BMI), was ascertained at all assessments. Cross-lagged panel models were used to examine the mutual influences of parental feeding practices and child weight status over time, controlling for covariates.

resultsBoth mothers' and fathers' restriction of food predicted higher subsequent child weight status at Year 1, and for fathers this effect was also found at Year 2. Mothers' and fathers' pressure to eat predicted lower weight status among boys, but not girls, at Year 1. Child weight status also predicted some parental feeding practices: boys' heavier weight predicted mothers' less pressure to eat at Year 1, less use of food to control behavior at Year 2, and greater restriction at Year 2; and girls' heavier weight at Year 1 predicted fathers' less pressure to eat and less positive involvement in child eating at Year 2.

conclusionsThis study provides longitudinal evidence that some parental feeding practices influence Mexican American children's weight status, and that children's weight status also influences some parental feeding practices. Feeding practices of both mothers and fathers were related to children's weight status, underscoring the importance of including fathers in research on parental feeding practices and child obesity.

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AdolescentAdolescent BehaviorBody Mass IndexBody WeightFathersFeeding BehaviorFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMexican AmericansMothersParent-Child RelationsParentingRisk Factors

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PMID25986057
PMCPMC4453102
OpenAlexW1623703487

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