Both genetic and environmental influences underpin complex multidimensional associations between maternal and child eating behaviours, maternal feeding practices and child obesity risk. The aim of the present study was to explore cross-sectional relationships between maternal and child eating behaviours, and to examine whether maternal feeding practices mediate these relationships. Data were available from 478 Australian mothers (M = 38.8 years, SD = 5.6) of a 5-10 year old child (M = 7.0 years, SD = 1.1; 48.2% male). Mothers completed an online survey that included validated measures of maternal eating behaviours, maternal feeding practices and child eating behaviours. Maternal emotional overeating and food responsiveness, were each positively associated with the parallel child eating behaviour (r = 0.29 and r = 0.21, ps < .001, respectively). Mediation analyses showed that both the relationship between maternal and child emotional overeating and between maternal and child food responsiveness, were partially mediated by use of food as a reward and overt restriction (total indirect effect: .04, 95% CI 0.02, 0.07 and 0.82, 95% CI 0.04, 0.13, respectively). Findings suggest a role for feeding practices in explaining the concordance between maternal and child eating behaviours. Moreover, the results highlight the need for interventions that support parents to recognise these eating behaviours in themselves and their children and understand how these may potentially influence the feeding practices they use. Future longitudinal research that confirms the cross-sectional relationships between maternal and child eating behaviours and feeding practices reported here will strengthen the evidence to support the importance of feeding practices in the development of dietary intake patterns and obesity risk.

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无反应喂养方式介导母婴致胖饮食行为之间的关系

遗传和环境影响支持母婴饮食行为、母婴喂养做法和儿童肥胖风险之间复杂的多维关联。本研究的目的是探讨母婴饮食行为之间的横断面关系，并检查母亲的喂养行为是否调节了这些关系。数据来自 478 名澳大利亚母亲（M = 38.8 岁，SD = 5.6）的 5-10 岁儿童（M = 7.0 岁，SD = 1.1；48.2% 男性）。母亲完成了一项在线调查，其中包括对母亲饮食行为、母亲喂养做法和儿童饮食行为的经过验证的措施。母亲情绪暴饮暴食和食物反应，均与平行的儿童饮食行为呈正相关（分别为 r = 0.29 和 r = 0.21，ps < .001）。中介分析表明，母婴情绪暴饮暴食之间的关系以及母婴食物反应之间的关系，部分是通过使用食物作为奖励和公开限制来调节的（总间接影响：0.04，95% CI 0.02、0.07 和 0.82 , 95% CI 分别为 0.04、0.13)。研究结果表明，喂养实践在解释母婴饮食行为的一致性方面发挥了作用。此外，结果强调需要采取干预措施，支持父母认识到自己和孩子的这些饮食行为，并了解这些行为可能如何影响他们使用的喂养方式。