An exploratory study of associations between Australian-Indian mothers' use of controlling feeding practices, concerns and perceptions of children's weight and children's picky eating
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Mallan, Kimberley M
Mihrshahi, Seema
Mandalika, Subhadra
Daniels, Lynne A
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Aim: This cross-sectional study explores associations between migrant Indian mothers' use of controlling feeding practices (pressure to eat, restriction and monitoring) and their concerns and perceptions regarding their children's weight and picky eating behaviour. Methods: A total of 230 mothers with children aged 1-5 years, residing in Australia for 1-8 years, participated by completing a self-reported questionnaire. Results: Perceptions and concerns regarding children's weight were not associated with any of the controlling feeding practices. A positive association was noted between pressure-feeding and perceptions of pickiness after adjusting for covariates: children's age, gender and weight-for-age Z-score. Girls, older children, and children with higher weight-for-age Z-scores were pressure-fed to a greater extent. Conclusions: This study supports the generalisation of findings from Caucasian literature that pressure-feeding and perceptions of pickiness are positively related. © 2013 Dietitians Association of Australia.
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© 2014 Dietitians Association of Australia. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: An exploratory study of associations between Australian-Indian mothers' use of controlling feeding practices, concerns and perceptions of children's weight and children's picky eating, Nutrition & Dietetics, 2014, 71 (1), pp. 28-34, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.12046. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.
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Jani Mehta, R; Mallan, KM; Mihrshahi, S; Mandalika, S; Daniels, LA, An exploratory study of associations between Australian-Indian mothers' use of controlling feeding practices, concerns and perceptions of children's weight and children's picky eating, Nutrition & Dietetics, 2014, 71 (1), pp. 28-34