The purpose of this paper is to determine the relationship between parental child feeding practices with growth status of Orang Asli (OA) children in Negeri Sembilan.,This is a cross-sectional study conducted amongst 190 OA children aged 4–6 years studying at Tabika KEMAS OA in Negeri Sembilan. Mothers were interviewed to obtain socio-demographic information while feeding practices were assessed using Malay version of Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ-M). Growth status of the children were determined using WHO ANTHRO Plus software. Three indicators of growth status assessed were weight-for-age (WAZ), height-for-age (HAZ) and body mass index (BMI)-for-age (BAZ) z-scores.,The mean score for feeding practices used by the mothers while feeding their child showed that most of the mothers practiced modelling (3.71 ± 0.82), encouraging balance and variety (3.52 ± 0.76) and environment (3.66 ± 0.66) while the practice of restriction to weight (1.85 ± 0.79) and emotional regulation (2.20 ± 0.96) were low. Most of the OA children had normal WAZ (70.0%), HAZ (71.1%) and BAZ (84.2%). Amongst the three indicators of growth status, BAZ was used to study the relationship with feeding practices. The use of feeding practices such as pressure (r = −0.34, p < 0.01), food as a reward (r = −0.23, p=<0.01), child control (r = −0.18, p = 0.01) and restriction to weight (r = 0.19, p = 0.01) were associated with BAZ.,This study only focussed on OA children of Temuan and Semelai sub-ethnics studying at kindergarten specific for OA children, thus findings could not be generalised to the entire OA population in Malaysia.,There is a need to address the OA population as they continue to be amongst the most disadvantaged population often affected with poor health and social outcomes.,In this study, a wide range of scales in that represents different feeding practices in CFPQ-M was assessed instead of focussing on limited type of feeding practices. Thus, a better understanding was observed regarding the healthy and unhealthy feeding practices. The result of this study could be useful to update the existing literature of OA research, and to plan suitable interventions with regards to feeding practices and growth status of the children, especially amongst this vulnerable community.

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马来西亚森美兰州原住民儿童的亲子喂养方式和成长状况

本文的目的是确定森美兰州原住民 (OA) 儿童的父母喂养方式与生长状况之间的关系。这是一项横断面研究，对 190 名在 Tabika 学习的 4-6 岁 OA 儿童进行森美兰州的 KEMAS OA。母亲接受采访以获取社会人口统计信息，同时使用马来语版的综合喂养实践问卷 (CFPQ-M) 评估喂养实践。使用WHO ATHRO Plus软件确定儿童的生长状况。评估生长状况的三个指标是年龄别体重 (WAZ)、年龄别身高 (HAZ) 和年龄别体重指数 (BMI) (BAZ) z 分数。,所用喂养方法的平均分数妈妈们在给孩子喂奶的过程中发现，大部分妈妈都在练习建模（3.71±0.82），鼓励平衡和多样性 (3.52 ± 0.76) 和环境 (3.66 ± 0.66) 而限制体重 (1.85 ± 0.79) 和情绪调节 (2.20 ± 0.96) 的做法很低。大多数 OA 儿童的 WAZ (70.0%)、HAZ (71.1%) 和 BAZ (84.2%) 正常。在生长状态的三个指标中，BAZ 用于研究与喂养实践的关系。使用压力（r = -0.34，p < 0.01），食物作为奖励（r = -0.23，p = <0.01），儿童控制（r = -0.18，p = 0.01）和限制权重 (r = 0.19, p = 0.01) 与 BAZ 相关。,本研究仅针对在专门针对 OA 儿童的幼儿园学习的 Temuan 和 Semelai 亚族裔 OA 儿童，因此研究结果不能推广到整个 OA 人群马来西亚。，需要解决 OA 人群问题，因为他们仍然是最弱势的人群之一，他们的健康和社会结果往往很差。,在这项研究中，评估了代表 CFPQ-M 中不同喂养方式的范围广泛的量表而不是专注于有限类型的喂养实践。因此，人们对健康和不健康的喂养方式有了更好的理解。这项研究的结果可能有助于更新 OA 研究的现有文献，并针对儿童的喂养做法和生长状况制定适当的干预措施，尤其是在这个弱势社区中。评估了 CFPQ-M 中代表不同喂养方式的范围广泛的量表，而不是关注有限类型的喂养方式。因此，人们对健康和不健康的喂养方式有了更好的理解。这项研究的结果可能有助于更新 OA 研究的现有文献，并针对儿童的喂养做法和生长状况制定适当的干预措施，尤其是在这个弱势社区中。评估了 CFPQ-M 中代表不同喂养方式的范围广泛的量表，而不是关注有限类型的喂养方式。因此，人们对健康和不健康的喂养方式有了更好的理解。这项研究的结果可能有助于更新 OA 研究的现有文献，并针对儿童的喂养做法和生长状况制定适当的干预措施，尤其是在这个弱势社区中。