Association between Children’s Appetite Patterns and Maternal Feeding Practices英文文献资料.docVIP

Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2011, 2, 228-234 doi:10.4236/fns.2011.23032 Published Online May 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/fns) Association between Children’s Appetite Patterns and Maternal Feeding Practices Tomomi Ainuki, Rie Akamatsu * Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan. Email: akamatsu.rie@ocha.ac.jp Received February 4 , 2011; Revised March 10 , 2011; Accepted Apil 8 , 2011. th th th ABSTRACT This study explored associations between children’s appetites and maternal feeding practices. The participants, 614 parents of 3- to 6-year-old children from kindergartens in Tokyo, Japan, completed self-administered questionnaires. The children’s appetites were measured using the Enjoyment of Food (EF) and Food Responsiveness (FR) scales of the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire. Using cluster analysis, we examined three appetite patterns (“both low”, “high EF and low FR”, and “both high”). The three appetite patterns were associated with children’s obesity index. The “both low” pattern was associated with the highest maternal pressure to eat. The “high EF and low FR” patterns were related to an established snack time. The “both high” pattern was associated with higher maternal instrumental feeding com- pared with the “high EF and low FR” types. The results of this study will facilitate the development of targeted inter- ventions and better parental guidance on maternal feeding practices and their association with children’s eating be- haviours. Keywords: Appetite, Preschool Children, Feeding Practices 1. Introduction scales address children’s general appetite for food or their desire to eat [9]. Higher scores indicate more posi- tive responses to food. Whereas the EF scale aims to capture normal variations in general appetite, the FR items