Parental Feeding Styles and Child Dietary Quality

Parental Feeding Styles and Child Dietary Quality at Dinner Among Low-income Minority Families

In this study, the investigators will use an existing data set to examine the relationship between parent feeding styles and the quality of the dinner meal using the Healthy Eating Index.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Dietary Quality

Detailed Description

Investigators will use an existing data set collected between 2007 and 2009. The purpose of the larger data set including 177 families was to examine parent - child interactions during dinner meals in low-income Hispanic and African-American families participating in Head Start programs. Data was collected on parent-child interactions and information regarding the food served and consumed by children during dinner meals. The specific aims included: 1) examining the overall diet quality using the Healthy Eating Index of Head Start preschool dinner meals by parent feeding styles, an 2) the diet quality of the dinner meal served to that of the meal consumed and within each of the parent feeding styles.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 177

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
      • Baylor College of Medicine

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 3 years to 5 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Individuals from the larger data set of 177 families who had complete dietary and demographic data.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parents who were responsible for feeding the child while the child was not in Head Start and their oldest child enrolled in Head Start.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any children who have dietary restraints or food allergies.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Dietary Quality	The Healthy Eating Index was used to obtain the quality of the food served and consumed by the child at dinner.	10 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Sheryl O Hughes, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Hughes SO, Power TG, Papaioannou MA, Cross MB, Nicklas TA, Hall SK, Shewchuk RM. Emotional climate, feeding practices, and feeding styles: an observational analysis of the dinner meal in Head Start families. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2011 Jun 10;8:60. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-8-60.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2007
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 28, 2009
• Study Completion (Actual): December 31, 2009

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 21, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 28, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): January 4, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 4, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 28, 2017
• Last Verified: December 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: preschool; dietary quality; low-income; parent feeding styles; dinner meal
• Other Study ID Numbers: 18541HEI

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No