University of Potsdam, Department of Psychology, Karl-Liebknecht-Str, 24/25, Germany.
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2009 Nov 22;6:78. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-6-78.
Research concerning child's food intake have considered various influencing factors, for example parental feeding strategies, demographic and weight factors. At this time, however, there are few findings that explore these factors simultaneously. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to test a structural equation model regarding the associations between maternal feeding strategies and child's food intake.
556 mothers and their children between 1 and 10 years of age participated in this cross-sectional study. Besides socio-demographic and weight data, the mothers were asked about their feeding strategies as well as their child's food intake.
The well-fitting model explained 73% of the variance in the child's consumption of healthy and 34% of unhealthy food. In addition to the effect of the mother's social status and the child's age, a rewarding and modeling feeding behavior significantly influenced the child's food intake.
The results highlight the relevance of maternal feeding behavior on the child's food intake. In terms of preventing eating- or weight-related problems, the findings indicate the usefulness of training parents in explicit modeling behavior and avoiding food as a reward.
有关儿童食物摄入的研究已经考虑了各种影响因素，例如父母的喂养策略、人口统计学和体重因素。然而，目前很少有研究同时探讨这些因素。因此，本研究旨在测试一个关于母亲喂养策略与儿童食物摄入之间关联的结构方程模型。
本横断面研究共有 556 名 1 至 10 岁的母亲及其子女参与。除了社会人口统计学和体重数据外，母亲还被问及她们的喂养策略以及孩子的食物摄入量。
拟合良好的模型解释了儿童健康食物摄入量的 73%和不健康食物摄入量的 34%的差异。除了母亲的社会地位和孩子年龄的影响外，奖励和示范喂养行为对儿童的食物摄入有显著影响。
研究结果强调了母亲喂养行为对儿童食物摄入的重要性。就预防与饮食或体重相关的问题而言，研究结果表明，对父母进行明确的示范行为和避免以食物作为奖励的培训是有用的。
