Maren Hankey1, Natalie A Williams2, Dipti Dev3. 1. Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE. 2. Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE. Electronic address: nwilliams17@unl.edu. 3. Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relation between preschoolers' eating behaviors and body mass index (BMI) z-scores (BMIz) and the moderating role of permissive parent feeding styles in these associations. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study involving mothers' report of food-related parenting styles and child eating behaviors. SETTING: Small city in southern Mississippi. PARTICIPANTS: Mother-preschooler dyads (n = 104). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Child body BMIz. ANALYSIS: Moderated multiple regression. RESULTS: An uninvolved feeding style moderated the relationship between emotional eating and BMIz such that children with higher emotional overeating scores had higher a BMIz in the presence of an uninvolved feeding style (B = 2.16; P = .01). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: An uninvolved feeding style may be a risk factor for higher BMIz in preschoolers who tend to overeat to cope with negative emotions. For other children in this population, self-regulatory aspects of eating may be more important than mothers' feeding style in the maintenance of healthy weight.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relation between preschoolers' eating behaviors and body mass index (BMI) z-scores (BMIz) and the moderating role of permissive parent feeding styles in these associations. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study involving mothers' report of food-related parenting styles and child eating behaviors. SETTING: Small city in southern Mississippi. PARTICIPANTS: Mother-preschooler dyads (n = 104). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Child body BMIz. ANALYSIS: Moderated multiple regression. RESULTS: An uninvolved feeding style moderated the relationship between emotional eating and BMIz such that children with higher emotional overeating scores had higher a BMIz in the presence of an uninvolved feeding style (B = 2.16; P = .01). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: An uninvolved feeding style may be a risk factor for higher BMIz in preschoolers who tend to overeat to cope with negative emotions. For other children in this population, self-regulatory aspects of eating may be more important than mothers' feeding style in the maintenance of healthy weight.
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