Investigation and analysis of eating problems among 7months~4 years old children and behavior of their caregivers in Suzhou

WU Ying; WU Qing-bin; LU Hai-ping; CHEN Yan; JIN Xing-ming

doi:10.11852/zgetbjzz2014-22-11-28

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2014, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (11) : 1210-1212. DOI: 10.11852/zgetbjzz2014-22-11-28

Investigation and analysis of eating problems among 7months~4 years old children and behavior of their caregivers in Suzhou

WU Ying¹,WU Qing-bin²,LU Hai-ping¹,CHEN Yan¹,JIN Xing-ming³

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Objective To investigate the prevalence of eating problems and family feeding status among 7 months~4 years children in Suzhou. Methods Cross-sectional survey was conducted.Data included children's socio-demographic,eationg behavior and their caregiver's information. Results 42% of children identified as eating behavior problems,including 26% of children's "strong preference for a certain food".Permissive parenting ("allows children to choose food" 38.5%);Authoritarian parenting ("must eat up all the food 36.5%);Neglectful parenting ("eat with less emotional communication 6.5%),and different parenting styles have different inference on eating behavior. Conclusions The prevalence of eating problems among 7months~4 years children in Suzhou is high.The intervention of children's eating behavior will be used in the future.

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children / eating behaviors / parenting style

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WU Ying,WU Qing-bin,LU Hai-ping,CHEN Yan,JIN Xing-ming. Investigation and analysis of eating problems among 7months~4 years old children and behavior of their caregivers in Suzhou[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2014, 22(11): 1210-1212 https://doi.org/10.11852/zgetbjzz2014-22-11-28

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