Background Recent national surveys in Brazil have demonstrated a decrease in the
consumption of traditional food and a parallel increase in the consumption of ultra …

Parents are highly influential in shaping their children's dietary habits. This study examined
whether negative feeding practices mediated the relationship between feeding goals (health …

Abstract The Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ) is an important
measure to assess parent feeding practices as it encompasses a broad range of feeding …

Background Children's eating behavior, food intake, and weight status are highly influenced
by parents, who shape their food environment via parental feeding practices. The aim of this …

Bidirectional studies between maternal feeding practices with subsequent child weight are
limited, with no studies in Asian populations. In longitudinal analyses, we assessed the …

Background Obesity has become a significant worldwide contributor to morbidity with an
alarming increase in the incidence of childhood obesity. Few studies have evaluated …

Introduction Children's eating behaviors are influenced by parents, who are the first
nutritional educators. The comprehensive feeding practices questionnaire (CFPQ) was …

Abstract Introduction The Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ)
assesses 12 specific parent feeding practices (Musher-Eizenman & Holub, 2007). However …

Background Few effective community-based interventions exist for early childhood obesity.
Parent mentors have been successful as an intervention for other conditions, but have not …

Recent findings have demonstrated an increase in the prevalence of childhood obesity and
overweight in Portugal, urging the need to study modifiable risk factors such as parental …