Preschoolers' influence on and help with beverage selection at the grocery store is linked to maternal responsiveness and child beverage intake: An exploratory study

Children's involvement in beverage selection or purchase has seldom been investigated. The responsiveness dimension of parental feeding styles has been related to healthy maternal feeding practices. Assessing mothers' reports of responsiveness and demandingness in grocery stores may shed l...

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Published in:Eating behaviors : an international journal 2016-12, Vol.23, p.19-23
Main Authors: Lora, Karina R., Hubbs-Tait, Laura, Guzman, Melissa, Wakefield, Dorothy, Sisson, Susan B., Mayeux, Lara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Beverages
Child, Preschool
Choice Behavior
Dietary Sucrose - analysis
Educational Status
Feeding Behavior
Feeding styles
Female
Fruit juice
Grocery stores
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Mothers
Odds Ratio
Parenting - psychology
Preschoolers
Purchase
Sugar-sweetened beverages
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Summary:Children's involvement in beverage selection or purchase has seldom been investigated. The responsiveness dimension of parental feeding styles has been related to healthy maternal feeding practices. Assessing mothers' reports of responsiveness and demandingness in grocery stores may shed light on influences on purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) and fruit juice (FJ). Study objectives were to explore whether (1) maternal responsiveness and demandingness were associated with preschoolers' a) help with selection of and b) influence on SSB and FJ purchases during grocery shopping and whether (2) preschoolers' a) help with selection of and b) influence on SSB and FJ purchases were associated with child intake of these beverages. Mothers of 3-to-5-year-old children (n=185) who co-shopped with the child completed the Caregiver Feeding Style Questionnaire, reported frequency of child help with selection and influence on beverage purchase via questionnaire, and provided a one-day weekend food recall for the child. In adjusted logistic regressions, responsiveness was associated with child help selecting FJ (OR=6.50, 95% CI[1.04, 40.75], p
ISSN:1471-0153
1873-7358
DOI:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2016.07.008