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Verena Wendt1, Sarah Bergmann1, Katharina Herfurth-Majstorovic1

  • 1Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB AdiposityDiseases, Leipzig, Germany; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.

Eating Behaviors
|June 9, 2015
PubMed

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Parent-child feeding interactions show minimal differences between mothers and fathers. Overweight fathers exhibited more control struggles, but overall, parental weight and gender had little impact on feeding behavior.

Area of Science:

  • Child Development
  • Parenting Studies
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Parent-child interactions during feeding are crucial for development.
  • Understanding gender and weight-related differences in feeding dynamics is important.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate parent-child feeding interactions.
  • To compare feeding behaviors between mothers and fathers.
  • To examine differences based on parental weight status (overweight, obese, not overweight).

Main Methods:

  • Observational study of 148 mother-child and 148 father-child dyads.
  • Children aged 7–47 months.
  • Utilized the Chatoor Feeding Scale with subscales including Dyadic Reciprocity, Conflict, Talk/Distraction, Struggle for Control, and Non-Contingency.

Main Results:

  • Fathers scored higher on 'Talk and Distraction' compared to mothers; no other gender differences found.
  • No significant differences in mother-child dyads based on maternal weight.
  • Overweight fathers showed more 'Struggle for Control' than obese or not overweight fathers in father-child dyads.

Conclusions:

  • Observed differences in feeding interactions are small to moderate.
  • Results align with existing literature, indicating minimal differences between mothers and fathers.
  • Parental weight status has a limited impact on observed feeding behaviors.

Keywords:
Child feedingMealtime interactionObese fatherObese motherParent–child interaction

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