Early Introduction of Solid Foods among Urban African-American Participants in WIC

Bronner, Yvonne; Gross, Susan; Caulfield, Laura E.; Bentley, Margaret E.; Kessler, Lisa; Jensen, Joan; Weathers, Benita; Paige, David M.

doi:10.1016/s0002-8223(99)00112-1

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“…A follow-up qualitative study suggested that low-income, African-American mothers might have interpreted the questions differently than intended and that salient beliefs about child feeding may not have been captured adequately by the instrument (Jain, Sherman, Chamberlin, & Whitaker, 2004). This and other qualitative studies indicate that ethnotheories (culture-specific beliefs and norms) may be an important influence on customary infant feeding styles in African-Americans (Bentley et al, 1999; Bronner et al, 1999; Corbett, 2000); yet, little is known about how infant feeding styles may influence over-feeding or the development of other inappropriate feeding behaviors in this high-risk population.…”

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Development and validation of the Infant Feeding Style Questionnaire

et al. 2009

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This study describes and validates the Infant Feeding Style Questionnaire (IFSQ), a self-report instrument designed to measure feeding beliefs and behaviors among mothers of infants and young children. Categorical confirmatory factor analysis was used to estimate latent factors for five feeding styles, laissez-faire, restrictive, pressuring, responsive and indulgent, and to validate that items hypothesized a priori as measures of each style yielded well-fitting models. Models were tested and iteratively modified to determine the best fitting model for each of 13 feeding style sub-constructs, using a sample of 154 low-income African-American mothers of infants aged 3-20 months in North Carolina. With minor changes, models were confirmed in an independent sample of 150 African-American first-time mothers, yielding a final instrument with 39 questions on maternal beliefs, 24 questions on behaviors and an additional 20 behavioral items pertaining to solid feeding for infants over 6 months of age. Internal reliability measures for the sub-constructs ranged from 0.75 to 0.95. Several sub-constructs, responsive to satiety cues, pressuring with cereal, indulgent pampering and indulgent soothing, were inversely related to infant weight-for-length z-score, providing initial support for the validity of this instrument for assessing maternal feeding beliefs and behaviors that may influence infant weight outcomes.

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Development and validation of the Infant Feeding Style Questionnaire

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“…Given potential misinterpretation of questions related to feeding 42 and the documented importance of culture-specific influences on feeding styles among African-Americans, 33,43,44 we aimed to validate model fit of the IFSQ in a large population of low-income, English- and Spanish-speaking Latino families so that we may begin to fill a critical gap in knowledge of this understudied and rapidly growing segment of the US population.…”

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Confirmatory factor analysis of the Infant Feeding Styles Questionnaire in Latino families

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Background Parent feeding practices affect risk of obesity in children. Latino children are at higher risk of obesity than the general population, yet valid measure of feeding practices, one of which is the Infant Feeding Styles Questionnaire (IFSQ), have not been formally validated in Spanish. Objective To validate the IFSQ among Latino families, we conducted confirmatory factor analysis of pressuring, restrictive, and responsive feeding constructs from the IFSQ. Design/Methods The IFSQ was administered at the 12-month visit in the Greenlight study, a multi-center cluster randomized trial to prevent obesity. Parents were included if they were of Latino origin (n=303) and completed an English or Spanish language modified IFSQ (without the indulgence construct). Scores from nine sub-constructs of the IFSQ were compared between English and Spanish language versions. We tested reliability with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients and performed confirmatory factor analysis to examine factor loadings and goodness of fit characteristics, modifying constructs to achieve best fit. Results Of 303 parents completing the IFSQ, 84% were born outside the US, and 74% completed the IFSQ in Spanish. Reliability coefficients ranged from 0.28–0.61 for the laissez-faire sub-constructs and from 0.58–0.83 for the pressuring, restrictive, and responsive sub-constructs. Results for all coefficients were similar between participants responding to an English and Spanish version of the IFSQ. Goodness of fit indices ranged from CFI 0.82–1 and RMSEA 0.00–0.31, and the model performed best in pressuring-soothing (CFI 1.0, RMSEA 0.00) and restrictive-amount (CFI 0.98, RMSEA 0.1) sub-constructs. Conclusions In a sample of Latino families, pressuring, restrictive, and responsive constructs performed well. The modified IFSQ in both English and Spanish-speaking Latino families may be used to assess parenting behaviors related to early obesity risk in this at-risk population.

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“…Both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization recommend that complementary feeding begin at six months, after a period of exclusive breastfeeding(American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition 2009, 113-29; World Health Organization 2003). However, many infants are fed complementary foods before this time(Grummer-Strawn, Scanlon, and Fein 2008, S36-42; Wasser et al 2011, 229-237), some as early as seven to 10 days postpartum(Bronner et al 1999, 457-61). In a recent systematic review, Moorcroft, Marshall and McCormick (2011) reported no clear association between the age of introduction of complementary foods and obesity (Moorcroft, Marshall, and McCormick 2011, 3-26).…”

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Who’s feeding baby? Non-maternal involvement in feeding and its association with dietary intakes among infants and toddlers

et al. 2013

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This study examined non-maternal involvement in feeding during the first two years of life and its association with breastfeeding duration, early introduction of complementary foods, and dietary intakes of selected foods and beverages. Data were from the Infant Care, Feeding and Risk of Obesity Study, a cohort of 217 low-income, African-American mother-infant dyads, followed from 3-18 months postpartum. Non-maternal caregivers (NMCs) were defined as persons involved in feeding an infant/toddler 50% or more of the total daily feedings. Use of any NMC and the type of NMC was tabulated for each study visit (3, 6, 9, 12, and 18 months). At each time point, more than half of all households reported a NMC. Fathers, grandmothers, and licensed childcare providers were the most common types of NMCs. In longitudinal models adjusted for confounding variables, NMC use was associated with a decreased likelihood of continued breastfeeding, and an increased likelihood of infants and toddlers consuming juice or whole fruit. Given the high prevalence of non-maternal involvement in feeding, interventions targeting multiple family members are warranted as they are likely to be more effective than those targeting the mother alone.

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Early Introduction of Solid Foods among Urban African-American Participants in WIC

Cited by 54 publications

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Development and validation of the Infant Feeding Style Questionnaire

Development and validation of the Infant Feeding Style Questionnaire

Confirmatory factor analysis of the Infant Feeding Styles Questionnaire in Latino families

Who’s feeding baby? Non-maternal involvement in feeding and its association with dietary intakes among infants and toddlers

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