TY - JOUR
T1 - Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and weight status in children
T2 - the role of parental feeding practices
AU - Costarelli, Vassiliki
AU - Michou, Maria
AU - Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B.
AU - Lionis, Christos
N1 - Funding Information:
?he research work was supported by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) and the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT), under the HFRI PhD Fellowship grant [GA. no. 949]. Special thanks to all the participants for their valuable contribution to the study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Funding Information:
Τhe research work was supported by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) and the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT), under the HFRI PhD Fellowship grant [GA. no. 949]. Special thanks to all the participants for their valuable contribution to the study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The study examines Parental Feeding Practices (PFP) in relation to adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (MD) and children’s weight status. It’s a cross-sectional study of 402 parents (68.4% mothers), with children aged 2–12 years. Parents completed the Comprehensive Parental Feeding Questionnaire and the Mediterranean Diet Quality Index for children and adolescents (KIDMED), evaluating children’s adherence to the MD. Logistic regression showed that in children aged 2–<6 years, “emotion regulation/food as reward” and “pressure” decrease MD adherence (OR = 0.186, p < 0.0001 and OR = 0.496, p = 0.004), and “monitoring” decrease excess body weight (OR = 0.284, p = 0.009). In older children (6–12 years), “healthy eating guidance” and “monitoring” increase MD adherence (OR = 3.262, p = 0.001 and OR = 3.147, p < 0.0001), “child control” decreases MD adherence (OR = 0.587, p = 0.049), “pressure” decrease excess body weight (OR = 0.495, p < 0.0001) and “restriction” increase excess body weight (OR = 1.784, p = 0.015). “Healthy eating guidance” and “monitoring” seem to be the best PFP employed, in terms of children’s MD adherence and weight status.
AB - The study examines Parental Feeding Practices (PFP) in relation to adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (MD) and children’s weight status. It’s a cross-sectional study of 402 parents (68.4% mothers), with children aged 2–12 years. Parents completed the Comprehensive Parental Feeding Questionnaire and the Mediterranean Diet Quality Index for children and adolescents (KIDMED), evaluating children’s adherence to the MD. Logistic regression showed that in children aged 2–<6 years, “emotion regulation/food as reward” and “pressure” decrease MD adherence (OR = 0.186, p < 0.0001 and OR = 0.496, p = 0.004), and “monitoring” decrease excess body weight (OR = 0.284, p = 0.009). In older children (6–12 years), “healthy eating guidance” and “monitoring” increase MD adherence (OR = 3.262, p = 0.001 and OR = 3.147, p < 0.0001), “child control” decreases MD adherence (OR = 0.587, p = 0.049), “pressure” decrease excess body weight (OR = 0.495, p < 0.0001) and “restriction” increase excess body weight (OR = 1.784, p = 0.015). “Healthy eating guidance” and “monitoring” seem to be the best PFP employed, in terms of children’s MD adherence and weight status.
KW - Childhood obesity
KW - Greece
KW - Mediterranean diet
KW - parental feeding practices
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086148850&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09637486.2020.1765151
DO - 10.1080/09637486.2020.1765151
M3 - Article
C2 - 32458711
AN - SCOPUS:85086148850
SN - 0963-7486
VL - 72
SP - 112
EP - 122
JO - International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition
JF - International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition
IS - 1
ER -
