Controlling feeding practices: Cause or consequence of early child weight?

被引:162
作者
Farrow, Claire Victoria [1 ]
Blissett, Jacqueline [2 ]
机构
[1] Keele Univ, Sch Psychol, Keele, Staffs, England
[2] Univ Birmingham, Sch Psychol, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England
关键词
child; obesity; control; feeding practice; weight;
D O I
10.1542/peds.2006-3437
中图分类号
R72 [儿科学];
学科分类号
100202 ;
摘要
INTRODUCTION. The exertion of control during child feeding has been associated with both underweight and overweight during childhood. What is as-yet unclear is whether controlling child feeding practices causally affect child weight or whether the use of control may be a reactive response to concerns about high or low child weight. The aims of this study were to explore the direction of causality in these relationships during infancy. METHODS. Sixty-two women gave informed consent to take part in this longitudinal study that spanned from birth to 2 years of child age. Mothers completed the Child Feeding Questionnaire at 1 year, and their children were weighed at 1 and 2 years of age. Child weight scores were converted into standardized z scores that accounted for child age and gender. RESULTS. Controlling for child weight at 1 year, the use of pressure to eat and restriction at 1 year significantly predicted lower child weight at 2 years. CONCLUSIONS. Controlling feeding practices in infancy have an impact on children's weight at 2 years. The use of restrictive child feeding practices during infancy predicts lower child weight at age 2 years, which may reinforce mothers' use of this strategy in the longer term despite its potential association with disinhibition and greater child weight in later childhood.
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页码:E164 / E169
页数:6
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