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The stability and continuity of maternally reported and observed child eating behaviours and feeding practices across early childhood

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Powell, Faye, Farrow, Claire, Meyer, Caroline and Haycraft, Emma (2018) The stability and continuity of maternally reported and observed child eating behaviours and feeding practices across early childhood. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15 (5). 1017. doi:10.3390/ijerph15051017 ISSN 1660-4601.

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Abstract

Given that many eating behaviours and food preferences develop early in childhood and track across childhood, adolescence and into adulthood, interest has grown in the developmental trajectory of these behaviours. The aims of this study were twofold. First, to explore whether maternal reports of child eating behaviour and feeding practices are validated by independent observations of these constructs. Second, to explore the continuity and stability of both maternally reported and independently observed child eating behaviours and maternal feeding practices during early childhood. Sixty-five mothers completed measures of their child’s eating behaviour and their own feeding practices and mother–child dyads were observed during a family mealtime at approximately 3 and 4 years of age. Maternal reports of their child’s eating behaviours were validated by independent observations, however maternally reported feeding practices were not validated by observations of these behaviours. Maternally reported and independently observed child eating behaviours and parental feeding practices remained stable and showed continuity between 3 and 4 years of age, with the exception of child difficulty to feed and maternal pressure to eat which both significantly decreased over time. Findings provide an insight into the validity of maternal reports of fussy eating behaviour and parental feeding practices and the developmental trajectory of these behaviours across early childhood.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Children -- Nutrition, Eating disorders in children, Mother and child
Journal or Publication Title: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Publisher: M D P I AG
ISSN: 1660-4601
Official Date: 18 May 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
18 May 2018Published
11 May 2018Accepted
Volume: 15
Number: 5
Article Number: 1017
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15051017
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 29 May 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 30 May 2018
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
PhD studentshipLoughborough Universityhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000857

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