Factors Associated with Maternal Worry about Her Young Child Exhibiting Choosy Feeding Behaviour

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15465677
AutoresPauline M Emmett (0000-0003-1076-4779, University of Bristol, autor correspondente), Nicholas P Hays (0000-0002-7322-1600, Nestlé (Switzerland)), Caroline M Taylor (0000-0001-8347-5092, University of Bristol)
Ano2018
Volume15
Fascículo6
Páginas1236-1236
Data de publicação2018-06-12
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph15061236
PMID29895723
OpenAlexW2808004844
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas19

Choosiness in young children is a normal behaviour that sometimes worries parents. The study aimed to investigate factors that are associated with a mother being worried about her child’s choosy feeding behaviour. Parents of singleton children from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children ( n = 5710) completed a questionnaire assessing perception of their child’s choosy feeding behaviour at 15 months of age and whether this choosiness worried them. Feeding behaviours and practices throughout the first 15 months were captured. Multinomial logistic regression models with three levels of worry ( not at all , a bit and greatly ) as the dependent variables tested associations with variables from pregnancy and infancy. Half of the children (56%) were described as choosy at 15 months; of these 27% had mothers who were a bit worried and 5% greatly worried. Mothers showed greater odds of being worried if the child was first born, difficult to feed or refused solids by 6 months of age. Worried mothers had shown greater odds of introducing lumpy foods late (after 9 months). Feeding vegetables regularly by 6 months was associated with lower odds of worry at 15 months. Support and advice to parents at the start of complementary feeding could help to alleviate worry. Parents should be reassured that choosiness is a normal part of child development

Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Logistic regression · Multinomial logistic regression · Odds · Odds ratio · Perception · Psychiatry · Worry · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Demography · Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology