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ArticlePublic health nutrition2017

Explaining use of food parenting practices: the importance of predisposing factors and parental cognitions.

Dorus Wm Gevers, Patricia van Assema, Nanne K de Vries, Stef Pj Kremers

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Dorus Wm Gevers1Department of Health Promotion,NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism,Maastricht University Medical Centre,PO Box 616,Maastricht 6200,The Netherlands.
Patricia van Assema1Department of Health Promotion,NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism,Maastricht University Medical Centre,PO Box 616,Maastricht 6200,The Netherlands.
Nanne K de Vries1Department of Health Promotion,NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism,Maastricht University Medical Centre,PO Box 616,Maastricht 6200,The Netherlands.
Stef Pj Kremers1Department of Health Promotion,NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism,Maastricht University Medical Centre,PO Box 616,Maastricht 6200,The Netherlands.

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Abstract

objectiveThe high energy intake from energy-dense foods among children in developed countries is undesirable. Improving food parenting practices has the potential to lower snack intakes among children. To inform the development of interventions, we aimed to predict food parenting practice patterns around snacking (i.e. 'high covert control and rewarding', 'low covert control and non-rewarding', 'high involvement and supportive' and 'low involvement and indulgent').

designA cross-sectional survey was conducted. To predict the patterns of food parenting practices, multinomial logistic regression analyses were run with 888 parents. Predictors included predisposing factors (i.e. parents' and children's demographics and BMI, parents' personality, general parenting, and parenting practices used by their own parents) and parents' cognitions (i.e. perceived behaviour of other parents, subjective norms, attitudes, self-efficacy and outcome expectations).

settingThe Netherlands (October-November 2014). SUBJECTS: Dutch parents of children aged 4-12 years old.

resultsAfter backward elimination, nineteen factors had a statistically significant contribution to the model (Nagelkerke R 2=0·63). Overall, self-efficacy and outcome expectations were among the strongest explanatory factors. Considering the predisposing factors only, the general parenting factor nurturance most strongly predicted the food parenting clusters. Nurturance particularly distinguished highly involved parents from parents employing a pattern of low involvement.

conclusionsParental cognitions and nurturance are important factors to explain the use of food parenting practices around snacking. The results suggest that intervention developers should attempt to increase self-efficacy and educate parents about what constitute effective and ineffective parenting practices. Promoting nurturance might be a prerequisite to achieve prolonged change.

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Child Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaDiet, HealthyFeeding MethodsHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeModels, PsychologicalParentingPatient ComplianceChildChild, PreschoolCluster AnalysisCross-Sectional StudiesDeveloped CountriesFemaleHumansMaleNetherlandsChildrenCluster analysisFood parenting practicesGeneral parentingPrincipal component analysisSnackingSocio-cognitive theory

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PMID28703083
PMCPMC10261467

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