Predicting preschool Children's eating in the absence of hunger from maternal pressure to eat: A longitudinal study of low-income, Latina mothers.

Predicting preschool Children's eating in the absence of hunger from maternal pressure to eat: A longitudinal study of low-income, Latina mothers. Appetite. 2017 Sep 09;: Authors: Galindo L, Power TG, Beck AD, Fisher JO, O'Connor TM, Hughes SO Abstract Early work by Klesges et al. (1983, 1986) suggested that mothers who frequently prompt their children to eat have children at greater risk for obesity. This is consistent with the hypothesis that controlling feeding practices override children's responsiveness to their internal fullness cues, increasing the risk of overeating and obesity (e.g., Johnson & Birch, 1994). Subsequent cross-sectional research on pressure to eat, however, has been inconsistent. Most studies have shown that maternal self-reports of pressure to eat are negatively associated with childhood obesity, and observational studies showed inconsistent relationships with child weight status. In the present study we examined the association between low-income, Latina mothers' pressure to eat and their preschool children's eating in the absence of hunger using both self-report and observational measures of feeding practices. A longitudinal design examined eating in the absence of hunger over 18 months; children's BMI at the initial timepoint was statistically controlled to address the tendency of mothers of underweight children to pressure their children to eat. At each timepoint, mothers completed the Child Feeding Qu...
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