Parenting Practices and Obesity in Low-Income African-American Preschoolers

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: Low-income populations;    child obesity;    African-American mothers;    food and nutrition assistance;    Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program;    FANRP;   

RP-ID  :  CCR-3

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

This study developed and administered a questionnaire to identify feeding practices among low-income African-American mothers and eating behaviors in their preschool children that are associated with childhood obesity. The findings do not appear to implicate feeding practices to childhood obesity in this sample of preschoolers. However, before concluding that feeding practices are not associated with childhood weight status, further research is needed to ensure that the constructs used accurately assess feeding practices in specific populations. Further research is also needed using a larger sample of overweight children to compare the findings with those among children of normal weight.This study was conducted by the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center under a cooperative research contract with USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) Food and Nutrition Assistance Research Program (FANRP): contract number 43-3AEM-0-80078 (ERS project representative: Elizabeth Frazão). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of ERS or USDA.