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8683342

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-8-22
pubmed:abstractText
The association of caregivers' feeding behavior with young children's anthropometric status was examined in 80 poor urban families from Nicaragua. Caregiver and child behaviors observed during eating were recorded for midday meals, snacks and bottle feeds. Two kinds of scales were constructed. The Active Feeding Scale measured the caregiver's attempts to encourage or promote the child's food ingestion through behaviors such as verbal encouragement, threatening, offering more food or demonstrating eating. The Child Demand Scale measured the child's interest and enthusiasm for food. Results suggested the following: 1) there were significant differences in caregiver encouragement of feeding by meal type (midday meal, snack or bottle-feed); 2) mothers were significantly more likely to encourage eating than were other caregivers; and 3) active feeding was not associated with child anthropometric status but often appeared to be associated with child disinterest in the meal. It is suggested that active feeding may be used to compensate for child disinterest in food rather than to enhance the child's growth and developmental trajectory. The importance of lack of child interest in food, probably related to poor appetite, needs to be recognized and incorporated into nutrition education programs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-3166
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
126
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1808-16
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Active feeding behavior compensates for low interest in food among young Nicaraguan children.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't