Arielle H Sheftall, Lindsey Asti, Lisa M Horowitz, Adrienne Felts, Cynthia A Fontanella, John V Campo, Jeffrey A Bridge
Suicide in Elementary School-Aged Children and Early Adolescents
Pediatrics
prospectively examine bidirectional relationship parental feeding practices eg instrumental feeding encouragement eat child eating behaviors eg food responsiveness emotional eating lowincome ethnically diverse preschool children 3year period parentchild age 24 years baseline pairs n 222 nonhispanics n 312 hispanics participated networks everybody together amazing healthful kids randomized controlled trial carried community inhome settings urban areas minnesota data collected baseline 12 24 36 months present study secondary data analysis using crosslagged models identify bidirectional associations parental feeding practices child eating behaviors three models showed significant crosslagged effects p 05 model 1 parental instrumental feeding influencing later child food responsiveness model 2 parental emotional feeding influencing later child food responsiveness model 3 parental emotional feeding influencing later child eating satiety model 1 showed significant bidirectional temporal paths whereas models 2 3 showed significant unidirectional temporal paths parental feeding practices child eating behaviors parental instrumental emotional feeding practices prospectively influence child food responsiveness satiety study demonstrates causal temporality parental feeding practices child eating behaviors heath care providers may want use findings regarding parent feeding practices part anticipatory guidance wellchild visits parents preschoolers