Emley Elizabeth A, Taylor Maija B, Musher-Eizenman Dara R
Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, United States.
Eat Behav. 2017 Jan;24:89-94. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2016.12.002. Epub 2016 Dec 21.
This study examined the relationship between mindful feeding as a novel construct and parent-reported child dietary intake.
Participants (N=497) were parents of children ages 2.9 to 7.5 recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk). Parents were primarily non-Hispanic white (79%) and female (76%). Simple and hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to examine the associations between parental mindful feeding (i.e., parent mental and emotional presence while feeding a child) and their children's dietary intake.
Mindful feeding accounted for 5.1% of the unadjusted variance in child fruit and vegetable intake. Mindful feeding accounted for 4.2% of the unadjusted variance in child added sugar consumption after accounting for relevant covariates. Specifically, higher parental mindful feeding predicted higher fruit and vegetable intake and lower sugar intake among children.
Mindful feeding was associated with almost all indicators of healthier child diet, indicating great potential for this approach to improve child health. If incorporated into general or health-focused interventions for parents, mindfulness could significantly improve child health outcomes. Further development and validation of the Mindful Feeding Questionnaire is also recommended, as it could become a useful survey tool to assess for this construct.
本研究探讨了作为一种新结构的正念喂养与家长报告的儿童饮食摄入量之间的关系。
参与者（N = 497）是通过亚马逊土耳其机器人（MTurk）招募的2.9至7.5岁儿童的家长。家长主要为非西班牙裔白人（79%），女性（76%）。进行了简单回归分析和分层回归分析，以检验家长正念喂养（即在喂孩子时家长的心理和情感陪伴）与其孩子饮食摄入量之间的关联。
正念喂养在儿童水果和蔬菜摄入量的未调整方差中占5.1%。在考虑相关协变量后，正念喂养在儿童添加糖摄入量的未调整方差中占4.2%。具体而言，家长更高的正念喂养预示着儿童更高的水果和蔬菜摄入量以及更低的糖摄入量。
正念喂养与儿童更健康饮食的几乎所有指标都相关，表明这种方法在改善儿童健康方面具有巨大潜力。如果将正念纳入针对家长的一般或以健康为重点的干预措施中，正念可以显著改善儿童健康结果。还建议进一步开发和验证正念喂养问卷，因为它可能成为评估这一结构的有用调查工具。
