ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2015
Mothers' feeding behaviors in infancy: Do they predict child weight trajectories?
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- Pooled it
- Parent-Reported Measures of Weight-Related Health Behaviors in Early Childhood: A Scoping Review.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2025Article
- Trajectory of Obesity and the Impact of Eating Behaviors on Obesity in Preschool Children: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study in Korea.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Biobehavioral susceptibility for obesity in childhood: Behavioral, genetic and neuroimaging studies of appetite.Physiology & behavior · 2023Review
- Maternal Feeding Beliefs and Behaviors Relate to Infant Diet and Appetite.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Article
- Sequential mediation of early temperament and eating behaviors in the pathways from feeding practices to childhood overweight and obesity.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Infant appetite and weight gain in early infancy: Moderating effects of controlling feeding styles.Appetite · 2022Article
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- Complementary Feeding Practices and Parental Pressure to Eat among Spanish Infants and Toddlers: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- [Factors Associated with Pressure to Eat as a Feeding Practice among Mothers with Infants].Child health nursing research · 2020Article
- Relationships between parent feeding behaviors and parent and child characteristics in Brazilian preschoolers: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Impact of the Growing Healthy mHealth Program on Maternal Feeding Practices, Infant Food Preferences, and Satiety Responsiveness: Quasi-Experimental Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2018Article
- Relationship between food insecurity, child weight status, and parent-reported child eating and snacking behaviors.Journal for specialists in pediatric nursing : JSPN · 2017Article
- Parental Feeding Practices among Brazilian School-Aged Children: Associations with Parent and Child Characteristics.Frontiers in nutrition · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine associations between mothers' feeding behaviors in infancy and children's weight from infancy through to toddlerhood in urban, low-income, minority families and to explore the contribution of concerns about infant eating/weight.
methodsOne hundred sixty-nine mother-infant dyads (88% African-American) were recruited from an inner city pediatric practice. Questionnaires measuring restrictive feeding, pressuring to eat, and concerns about infant overeating/weight and undereating/weight were administered, and infants weighed and measured, at 6-12 months. Anthropometric data up to 30 months were obtained from multiple (8.9 ± 2.6) well-child visits, with 84% completing 11 visits.
resultsHigher pressuring was associated with lower weight-for-length z-scores (WLZ) over the period from baseline out to 30 months and higher restriction with higher child WLZ over the same period. Pressuring and concern about infant undereating/weight were independently associated with WLZ, but the relationship between restrictive feeding and WLZ was reduced by accounting for concern about infant overeating/weight. Child weight trajectories were not influenced by feeding behavior.
conclusionsMothers restricted heavier infants and pressured leaner infants to eat, and the relationship between restriction and higher infant weight was mediated by concern about infant overeating/weight. Correcting misperceptions and discussing feeding with mothers reporting concern may help prevent excessive early weight gain.
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