Evaluation of Parent-Reported Feeding Practices in a Racially Diverse, Treatment-Seeking Child Overweight/Obesity Sample

Overview

Journal Child Health Care

Specialty Health Services

Date 2017 Sep 30

PMID 28959085

Citations 6

Authors

Janet A Lydecker

Courtney Simpson

Melissa Kwitowski

Rachel W Gow

Marilyn Stern

Cynthia M Bulik

Suzanne E Mazzeo

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Abstract

This study examined psychometric properties and baseline/post-treatment racial differences in the Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ) in parents of overweight/obese children in a randomized controlled obesity trial. Participants were 302 (=285 mothers, =17 fathers) diverse (=207 Black, =80 White), treatment-seeking parents of children (5-11 years) with overweight/obesity. CFQ data fit an established factor structure (Anderson et al, 2005) in the full sample and subsample of Black parents. Black parents had higher scores than White parents on only . The CFQ yields reliable and valid scores in a racially diverse treatment-seeking sample, suggesting its utility in culturally-sensitive pediatric obesity treatment.

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