TY - JOUR
T1 - PARENTAL INFLUENCES ON CHILDREN'S EATING BEHAVIOR AND RELATIVE WEIGHT
AU - Klesges, Robert C.
AU - Coates, Thomas J.
AU - Brown, Guendoline
AU - Sturgeon‐Tillisch, Janet
AU - Moldenhauer‐Klesges, Lisa M.
AU - Holzer, Barbara
AU - Woolfrey, Joan
AU - Vollmer, Jim
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - We investigated the relationship between selected parent behaviors, child mealtime behavior, and infant relative weight. Subjects were 7 male and 7 female children varying in age from 12 to 30 months (mean = 23.9 months). Each subject and parents were observed during the dinnertime meal on two occasions using the BATMAN (Bob and Tom's Method of Assessing Nutrition). The children spent 58% of the mealtime eating. They spent very little time making active decisions about what and how much they ate (food requests = 2% of the time; food refusals = 1% of the time). We found significant correlations between child relative weight and (a) parental prompts to eat (r = .81, p < .001), (b) parental food offers (r = .51, p < .05), and (c) parental encouragement to eat (r = .82, p < .001). Thus, the present study suggests a relationship between certain parental variables and the relative weight of their children. 1983 Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
AB - We investigated the relationship between selected parent behaviors, child mealtime behavior, and infant relative weight. Subjects were 7 male and 7 female children varying in age from 12 to 30 months (mean = 23.9 months). Each subject and parents were observed during the dinnertime meal on two occasions using the BATMAN (Bob and Tom's Method of Assessing Nutrition). The children spent 58% of the mealtime eating. They spent very little time making active decisions about what and how much they ate (food requests = 2% of the time; food refusals = 1% of the time). We found significant correlations between child relative weight and (a) parental prompts to eat (r = .81, p < .001), (b) parental food offers (r = .51, p < .05), and (c) parental encouragement to eat (r = .82, p < .001). Thus, the present study suggests a relationship between certain parental variables and the relative weight of their children. 1983 Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
KW - children
KW - eating
KW - obesity
KW - parental influence
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0021010199
U2 - 10.1901/jaba.1983.16-371
DO - 10.1901/jaba.1983.16-371
M3 - Article
C2 - 6654769
AN - SCOPUS:0021010199
SN - 0021-8855
VL - 16
SP - 371
EP - 378
JO - Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
JF - Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
IS - 4
ER -