Children’s healthy and unhealthy food intake related to parental fear of the COVID-19, family communication patterns, and parental controlling feeding practices
Abstract:The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 changed the daily lives of families, including their food environments. We tested a conceptual model of potential influences on children’s dietary intake under these conditions. 306 (51% fathers) parents with children ages 5- 12 were recruited for an online study, where they completed questionnaires to measure fear of COVID-19, family communication patterns, parental controlling feeding practices, and child’s healthy and unhealthy food intake. Structural equation modeling was used… Show more
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