A qualitative study of cognitive, behavioral, and environmental influences on Hispanic mothers’ early childhood feeding practices

Maternal Experiences with Discussing Complementary Feeding in Primary Care

“…Anecdotal evidence is not guaranteed to promote optimal health outcomes, but pediatricians have acknowledged a need to improve their own complementary feeding knowledge [14]. Female relatives and the internet were cited as prominent influences on mothers in the current study, which is consistent with the literature on infant feeding resources [23,40]. Grandmothers can be positive caregiving role models [41], but trusting advice from family members who are unfamiliar with best practices can promote unhealthy child feeding behaviors [42].…”

“…Quality care is then upheld via relational aspects of care delivery as described in the framework's second dimension. Prior studies have established that mothers seek infant care advice from pediatricians more than they do from other sources [12,22,23]. This trust is influenced by the perception that pediatricians are authorities on child health.…”

Strategies and behaviors used by mothers in interactions with their young children during a mealtime in peri-urban areas of Huánuco, Peru

“…This is likely because these practices involved acknowledging the child's food preferences, improving and varying the taste and appearance of some foods, and cutting up foods to enable the child to pick them up and self-feed. These findings expand on past evidence of facilitation from a study by Lebron et al [23] with Hispanic families living in the USA who found that, when introducing new foods or foods that the child did not like, caregivers often chose to hide disliked/new foods or improve the taste with other foods so that the child would accept them. They also extend the findings of another study conducted in a rural area in Peru which identified sensitive caring behaviors in mothers when caring for her infant [24] by revealing the use of responsive feeding behaviors in Peruvian mothers.…”

“…Negotiation was typically observed as an agreement between mother and child in an attempt to get the child to consume a food or meal and is likely to be more effective with older children, whose development has progressed meaning that negotiation can be effective. Such a practice is responsive, accommodating the child's wishes, and extends previous evidence into the use of bribery, a less responsive practice where a child is incentivized with something to finish the food/meal [23,25], which has been shown to contribute to the subsequent development of overeating and overweight.…”

Perceptions on Healthy Eating Impact the Home Food Environment: A Qualitative Exploration of Perceptions of Indigenous Food Gatekeepers in Urban Fiji

“…Whilst mothers’ food decisions are influenced by interrelated and overlapping HFE factors [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 ], studies indicate that mothers who value healthy eating and/or aspire to eat healthily, positively impact healthy eating in their families [ 26 , 30 , 31 , 32 ]. Studies also suggest that food classifications as “healthy” or “unhealthy” are frequently used for making everyday food decisions by simplifying the process of choosing foods and the management of healthy and unhealthy eating [ 33 , 34 ].…”