Open AccessComportamento alimentar: um estudo da relação entre IMC de crianças e sua percepção sobre as práticas alimentares parentais
Author(s) -
Nádia Prazeres Pinheiro-Carozzo,
Jena Hanay Araújo de Oliveira
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
estudos interdisciplinares em psicologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2236-6407
DOI - 10.5433/2236-6407.2015v6n1p21
Subject(s) - psychology , body mass index , parental consent , perception , informed consent , developmental psychology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , neuroscience
Parental feeding practices are strategies used by parents while educating child's eating behavior, aiming to increase appropriate behaviors and reduce inappropriate ones. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between children’s perception of their parental feeding practices and their body mass index – BMI. The survey was cross-sectional and correlational type. Consisted of 114 children, 8-11 years, included via non-probability sampling, with the voluntary and anonymous participation by signing the Informed Consent Form and the Statement of Consent. Children were weighed, measured and answered the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire - Children Version (CFPQ). There were significant differences in parental feeding practices according to the BMI of the child: pressure to eat (p ? 0.01) and dietary restriction for weight (p ? 0.05). The research showed that there is a relation between the children’s BMI and the feeding practices to be used by parents