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Assessment of Social Transmission of Food Preferences Behaviors
Published on: January 25, 2018
Children's media use and food approach behavior: Associations with temperament and food parenting
Adelyn Sherrard1, Michael Vang1, Cin Cin Tan1
1University of Toledo, USA.
Abstract:
Children's media use has been found to be associated with obesogenic eating and obesity risk. Children's temperament and food parenting have been found to be important factors associated with children's eating behavior. The current study examined whether children's temperament and food parenting moderated the associations between children's media use and children's food approach behaviors. Parents (n = 214) of children between 3- to 5- years old were recruited to complete an online survey. Findings showed that children's temperament (i.e., negative affectivity and effortful control) and food parenting (i.e., coercive control) moderated the relationship between children's media use and children's food approach behavior. The results suggest that children's temperament and food parenting play important roles in understanding the relationship among children's media use and children's eating behavior.
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