Abstract

The study examines Parental Feeding Practices (PFP) in relation to adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (MD) and children’s weight status. It’s a cross-sectional study of 402 parents (68.4% mothers), with children aged 2–12 years. Parents completed the Comprehensive Parental Feeding Questionnaire and the Mediterranean Diet Quality Index for children and adolescents (KIDMED), evaluating children’s adherence to the MD. Logistic regression showed that in children aged 2–<6 years, “emotion regulation/food as reward” and “pressure” decrease MD adherence (OR = 0.186, p < 0.0001 and OR = 0.496, p = 0.004), and “monitoring” decrease excess body weight (OR = 0.284, p = 0.009). In older children (6–12 years), “healthy eating guidance” and “monitoring” increase MD adherence (OR = 3.262, p = 0.001 and OR = 3.147, p < 0.0001), “child control” decreases MD adherence (OR = 0.587, p = 0.049), “pressure” decrease excess body weight (OR = 0.495, p < 0.0001) and “restriction” increase excess body weight (OR = 1.784, p = 0.015). “Healthy eating guidance” and “monitoring” seem to be the best PFP employed, in terms of children’s MD adherence and weight status.

摘要

这项研究检查了关于遵守地中海饮食（MD）和儿童体重状况的父母喂养方式（PFP）。这是一项对402位父母（68.4％的母亲）和2至12岁儿童进行的横断面研究。父母们完成了《综合父母喂养问卷》和《地中海儿童和青少年饮食质量指数》（KIDMED），评估了儿童对MD的依从性。Logistic回归显示，在2至<6岁的儿童中，“情绪调节/以食物为奖励”和“压力”会降低MD依从性（OR = 0.186，p  <0.0001和OR = 0.496，p  = 0.004），并进行“监控”减少多余体重（OR = 0.284，p = 0.009）。在较大的儿童（6至12岁）中，“健康饮食指导”和“监测”会增加MD依从性（OR = 3.262，p  = 0.001和OR = 3.147，p  <0.0001），“儿童控制”会降低MD依从性（OR = 0.587，p  = 0.049），“压力”可减少超重（OR = 0.495，p  <0.0001），“限制”可增加超重（OR = 1.784，p  = 0.015）。就儿童的MD依从性和体重状况而言，“健康饮食指导”和“监测”似乎是采用的最佳PFP。