Parenting Behaviors of African American and Caucasian Families: Parent and Child Perceptions, Associations With Child Weight, and Ability to Identify Abnormal Weight Status

Polfuss, Michele; Frenn, Marilyn

doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2011.03.012

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“…The results of regression analysis showed that family flexibility in gifted students was not a significant pre-dictor of BMI. These results are consistent with findings of [38] and inconsistent with the findings of [39] [40]. Low family flexibility unlike Western individualist societies, in collectivist cultures has brought positive consequences.…”

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Eating Habits, Family Flexibility and the Body Mass Index (BMI) in Gifted Students

Pouresmali

Semsarilar²,

Mowlaie³

et al. 2015

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The aim of this research was to examine the effect of eating habits and family flexibility on the body mass index in gifted students of the eighth and ninth grade of high school. The research design of this study was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of this research included all high school gifted students of the eighth and ninth grade. The sample consisted of 220 gifted students who were selected by random sampling method. The average age of these participants was 14.56 years old, SD 10.41. Average participants BMI was 31.25, SD 3.12. One hundred and fifteen (52.28%) of these students were females and one hundred and five (47.72%) were males. Family flexibility was measured by Shakeri flexibility scale, eating habits were measured through Coker and Roger Eating Habits Questionnaire and body mass index was tested by Omron digital device. Using SPSS software, the data were analyzed to calculate correlation and simultaneous regression. The results of correlation showed that in these students, concern with weight and dieting and total eating habits have significant relationship with BMI (P < 0.001). The result of simultaneous regression also showed that concern with weight and dieting and total eating habits could explain BMI in these students (P < 0.001) and family flexibility could not explain BMI in these students (P < 0.005). The results emphasize the more important role of eating habits than family flexibility on BMI in gifted students because of sensitive and higher level of intelligence and high peer competitions.

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Eating Habits, Family Flexibility and the Body Mass Index (BMI) in Gifted Students

Pouresmali

Semsarilar²,

Mowlaie³

et al. 2015

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“…For example, evidence suggests that low-income African-American parents may have a higher threshold for perceived child overweight than low-income White and Hispanic-American parents (Sherry et al, 2004), with other evidence suggesting that parents may be more likely to engage in controlling feeding behaviors when they are more concerned about their child’s weight (Gray, Janicke, Wistedt, & Dumont-Driscoll, 2010) and when their child is actually higher in weight (Polfuss & Frenn, 2012). Parents of ethnic minorities may hold different cultural attitudes towards food, such as associating greater food consumption and availability with higher social status (Kumanyika, 2008).…”

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Ethnic differences in parental feeding behaviors in UK parents of preschoolers

Warkentin

Mais

et al. 2017

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Childhood obesity is prevalent among ethnic minorities in the UK but little is known about parent feeding practices in these populations. We administered questionnaires assessing parental feeding behaviors and perceptions and concerns relating to child weight to White British (n=271), South Asian (n=59), and Black Afro-Caribbean (n=42) parents of UK 3–5 year-olds. Child BMI z-scores were determined from measured heights and weights. South Asian and Black Afro-Caribbean parents exhibited greater pressure to eat than White British parents. Black Afro-Caribbean parents additionally scored higher on instrumental feeding and lower on monitoring, while South Asian parents scored higher on emotional feeding. Black Afro-Caribbean parents reported the greatest concern about both child overweight and underweight. Ethnic differences were unchanged by controlling for perceptions and concerns relating to child weight, or for actual BMI z, parent education, or household income. Exploratory analyses suggested some evidence for sex differences within ethnic groups. For example, South Asian parents of daughters scored higher than White British parents of daughters on emotional feeding, with no ethnic differences apparent for parents of sons. Our findings support considering variation in parent feeding behaviors and weight-related attitudes by parental ethnicity and child sex when developing obesity interventions.

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“…Pediatric obesity treatment is complicated by the intricate influences of biological, psychosocial, and environmental factors on the development of this condition (Polfuss & Frenn, 2012). Family-based pediatric obesity treatment is thought to be more successful than treatments targeting youth exclusively because parents play a central role in children’s health (Epstein, Wing, Koeske, Andrasik, & Ossip, 1981; Pesch, Harrell, Kaciroti, Rosenblum, & Lumeng, 2011; Wrotniak, Epstein, Paluch, & Roemmich, 2005).…”

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“…Parental control over food, setting limits for meals and snacks, and monitoring child eating, are higher in Black families compared with other racial/ethnic groups (Polfuss & Frenn, 2012). This type of restrictive feeding behavior is associated with pediatric obesity (Birch, 2006; Faith, Scanlon, Birch, Francis, & Sherry, 2004).…”

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“…Some research suggests that Black parents are less likely to identify child overweight or obesity, particularly when parents have lower education levels or are overweight themselves (Polfuss & Frenn, 2012). Additionally, Black parents may prefer a larger body size for their children compared with other racial/ethnic groups because of a culturally-based perception that heavier children are healthier (Flynn & Fitzgibbon, 1996).…”

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Evaluation of parent-reported feeding practices in a racially diverse, treatment-seeking child overweight/obesity sample

Lydecker

Simpson

Kwitowski

et al. 2016

Children's Health Care

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This study examined psychometric properties and baseline/post-treatment racial differences in the Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ) in parents of overweight/obese children in a randomized controlled obesity trial. Participants were 302 (n=285 mothers, n=17 fathers) diverse (n=207 Black, n=80 White), treatment-seeking parents of children (5–11 years) with overweight/obesity. CFQ data fit an established factor structure (Anderson et al, 2005) in the full sample and subsample of Black parents. Black parents had higher scores than White parents on only Pressure to Eat. The CFQ yields reliable and valid scores in a racially diverse treatment-seeking sample, suggesting its utility in culturally-sensitive pediatric obesity treatment.

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Parenting Behaviors of African American and Caucasian Families: Parent and Child Perceptions, Associations With Child Weight, and Ability to Identify Abnormal Weight Status

Cited by 12 publications

References 53 publications

Eating Habits, Family Flexibility and the Body Mass Index (BMI) in Gifted Students

Eating Habits, Family Flexibility and the Body Mass Index (BMI) in Gifted Students

Ethnic differences in parental feeding behaviors in UK parents of preschoolers

Evaluation of parent-reported feeding practices in a racially diverse, treatment-seeking child overweight/obesity sample

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