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Parenting And Feeding Behaviors Associated With School-Aged African American And White Children, Michele Polfuss, Marilyn Frenn
Parenting And Feeding Behaviors Associated With School-Aged African American And White Children, Michele Polfuss, Marilyn Frenn
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
Pediatric obesity is multifactorial and difficult to treat. Parenting and feeding behaviors have been shown to influence a child’s weight status. Most prior studies have focused on preschool-aged White children. Additional complicating factors include parents’ inability to accurately identify their child’s abnormal weight status. Parenting and feeding behaviors used by 176 African American and White parents of school-age children were examined. Assessment included (a) identifying what behaviors were reported when parent expressed concern with child’s weight and (b) the relationship of these behaviors on child’s body mass index percentile (BMI%), considering ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), and parent’s body mass index …
Parenting And Feeding Behaviors Associated With School-Aged African American And White Children, Michele L. Polfuss, Marilyn Frenn
Parenting And Feeding Behaviors Associated With School-Aged African American And White Children, Michele L. Polfuss, Marilyn Frenn
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
Pediatric obesity is multifactorial and difficult to treat. Parenting and feeding behaviors have been shown to influence a child’s weight status. Most prior studies have focused on preschool-aged White children. Additional complicating factors include parents’ inability to accurately identify their child’s abnormal weight status. Parenting and feeding behaviors used by 176 African American and White parents of school-age children were examined. Assessment included (a) identifying what behaviors were reported when parent expressed concern with child’s weight and (b) the relationship of these behaviors on child’s body mass index percentile (BMI%), considering ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), and parent’s body mass index …