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Differences in Food Parenting at Home Versus Restaurants Among Parents of 3- to 8-Year-Old Children

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2022-11, Vol.30, p.69-69 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Nov 2022 ;ISSN: 1930-7381 ;EISSN: 1930-739X

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  • Title:
    Differences in Food Parenting at Home Versus Restaurants Among Parents of 3- to 8-Year-Old Children
  • Author: Anderson, Hannah ; Ferrante, Mackenzie ; Tauriello, Sara ; Anzman-Frasca, Stephanie
  • Subjects: Food ; Parents & parenting ; Restaurants
  • Is Part Of: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2022-11, Vol.30, p.69-69
  • Description: Background: Parent feeding styles have been shown to influence childrens eating and weight. In particular, indulgent feeding styles, characterized by low demandingness and high responsiveness, have been linked with obesity risk. Children consume food from restaurants frequently and tend to have less healthy intake when doing so, but feeding styles away-from-home are understudied. The objective of this study was to examine food parenting styles at home and in restaurants. Methods: A one-time online survey was administered to parents with at least one 3-to-8-year-old child who ate at restaurants at least once per month (n=117) in Winter 2022. The average child age was 6.32 + 1.74 and the average parent age was 38.34 + 4.83 years. 92% of participants were mothers, and 85% were WHITE. Parents were recruited via social media and a lab listserv. They completed the Caregivers Feeding Style Questionnaire twice: once about food parenting at home and once about food parenting in restaurants. Feeding styles were assigned based on dimensions of demandingness and responsiveness using established cut-offs. Paired samples t-tests examined whether demandingness and responsiveness differed at home vs. restaurants. McNemars tests of paired proportions examined differences in feeding style by setting. Results: Indulgent feeding styles were the most common at home (48.7%) and in restaurants (64.1%). Parents reported higher demandingness at home (M=2.61+0.47) vs. restaurants (M=2.42+0.52; t (116)=6.65, p<.0001), and lower responsiveness at home (M=1.23+0.15) vs. restaurants (M=1.30+0.16; t(116)=-7.41, p<.0001). Parents were more likely to use indulgent feeding styles (p<.0001), and less likely to use authoritarian feeding styles (p<.03), in restaurants vs. home. Conclusions: Findings suggest parent feeding styles in restaurants differ from the home setting. These differences have implications for healthy eating interventions in restaurants. Given that indulgent feeding styles were most prevalent and have been linked with obesity risk, future interventions could focus on increasing the use of developmentally-appropriate demandingness and structure in restaurants, especially among families who visit these settings frequently.
  • Publisher: Silver Spring: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1930-7381
    EISSN: 1930-739X
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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