School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK.
Appetite. 2012 Feb;58(1):151-6. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.09.005. Epub 2011 Sep 29.
Previous research suggests that many eating behaviours are stable in children but that obesigenic eating behaviours tend to increase with age. This research explores the stability (consistency in individual levels over time) and continuity (consistency in group levels over time) of child eating behaviours and parental feeding practices in children between 2 and 5 years of age. Thirty one participants completed measures of child eating behaviours, parental feeding practices and child weight at 2 and 5 years of age. Child eating behaviours and parental feeding practices remained stable between 2 and 5 years of age. There was also good continuity in measures of parental restriction and monitoring of food intake, as well as in mean levels of children's eating behaviours and BMI over time. Mean levels of maternal pressure to eat significantly increased, whilst mean levels of desire to drink significantly decreased, between 2 and 5 years of age. These findings suggest that children's eating behaviours are stable and continuous in the period prior to 5 years of age. Further research is necessary to replicate these findings and to explore why later developmental increases are seen in children's obesigenic eating behaviours.
先前的研究表明，许多饮食习惯在儿童中较为稳定，但致胖型饮食习惯往往随着年龄的增长而增加。本研究旨在探究 2 至 5 岁儿童的饮食行为和父母喂养方式在个体和群体水平上的稳定性（随时间推移个体水平的一致性）和连续性（随时间推移群体水平的一致性）。31 名参与者在 2 岁和 5 岁时完成了儿童饮食行为、父母喂养方式和儿童体重的测量。研究结果显示，儿童的饮食行为和父母的喂养方式在 2 至 5 岁之间保持稳定。此外，父母对食物摄入的限制和监督以及儿童饮食行为和 BMI 的平均水平在随时间推移方面也具有较好的连续性。在 2 至 5 岁期间，母亲对孩子进食的压力呈显著上升趋势，而孩子对饮水的欲望则呈显著下降趋势。这些发现表明，在 5 岁之前，儿童的饮食行为是稳定且持续的。需要进一步的研究来复制这些发现，并探讨为什么儿童的致胖型饮食行为在后期的发展中会增加。
