ArticleAppetite2020
Feeding styles among mothers of low-income children identified using a person-centered multi-method approach.
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- The Psychometric Properties of the Caregiver Feeding Style Questionnaire: A Cross-Cultural Validation in Spanish Parents.Research in nursing & health · 2026Article
- Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Determinants of Appropriate Complementary Feeding Practices Among Women With Children Aged 6-23 Months in Sub-Saharan Africa.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Identifying Parental Feeding Patterns in a Spanish Sample of Toddlers Using a Latent Class Analysis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
- Determinants Associated With Obesity in Children of Low Socioeconomic Status Families: A Narrative Review.Journal of obesity · 2025Review
- Child Weight Status: The Role of Feeding Styles and Highly Motivated Eating in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Observational Tools Using Video Recordings of Parent-Child Feeding Interactions: A Narrative Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Children's oral health-related behaviours and early childhood caries: A latent class analysis.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2022Article
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backgroundMaternal feeding styles have been associated with children's eating behaviors and obesity risk. Few works have identified maternal feeding styles using a multi-method person-centered approach.
objectives(1) To identify maternal feeding styles using a person-centered multi-method approach, and (2) to examine the association of child weight status with maternal feeding styles.
methodsParticipants were low-income mother-child dyads (N = 255) (mean child age 5.9 years) from the United States. Mothers completed questionnaires and participated in a semi-structured interview. Interview transcripts were reliably coded for constructs of child feeding including beliefs, goals, and concerns. Family mealtime video recordings were reliably coded for feeding behaviors. Child anthropometrics were measured. Latent class analysis (LCA) was used to determine empirically-driven typologies of maternal feeding styles. Chi-square analyses tested the association of maternal feeding styles with child overweight or obese (vs. not) weight status.
resultsTwo maternal feeding styles were identified by LCA which we term "High Coercive Control" (27% child overweight/obese) and "Low Coercive Control" (55% child overweight/obese). High Coercive Control mothers were more likely to believe their child was too thin, self-reported being more demanding in feeding and pressuring the child to eat, worried more about their child not eating enough and were observed to use more bribery. Low Coercive Control mothers were concerned about their child eating too much, and were less likely to self-report engaging in pressuring or restricting feeding behaviors.
conclusionsThe findings suggest that although there is a "feeding style" characterized by substantial control, this style was most common among mothers of thinner children. The mothers of children with overweight/obesity were primarily characterized by engaging in the "recommended" feeding behaviors and being appropriately concerned about their child's risk for excess weight.
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