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Parental feeding restriction protective of incremental BMI gain over 2 years in younger
children
Parental feeding restriction is associated cross-sectionally and in one longitudinal study with
increased weight status. Understanding the relationship of parental restriction to a child’s emerging
weight is important given that parental feeding style may be modified with education and support.
This study aimed to examine relations between parental feeding restriction and child change in
zBMI in two samples of children over a two year period. Parents of 204 5-6 year old and 188 10-12
year old children completed the Child Feeding Questionnaire at baseline (2002/3). In both 2002/3
and 2005/6, children’s BMI was calculated from measured height and weight. Linear regression
analyses were used to examine cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of parental restriction
with zBMI, adjusted for sex, maternal education, maternal BMI and clustering by school. This study
found a significant negative association between parental feeding restriction and change in zBMI (B
-0.013; p 0.04) but only in the younger cohort. No associations were found for the older children.
This longitudinal study adds important depth to our understanding of potential relations between a
parent’s use of feeding restriction and change in body weight, suggesting in fact that restriction is
protective in younger children. These findings may support an examination of a broader
conceptualisation of what we mean by restriction, particularly building on the work of Ogden who
suggests that overt and covert food restriction are likely evoke different child responses and
outcomes.
Funding Source: Grants from Victorian Health Promotion Foundation