Maternal Feeding Strategies Child Eating Behaviors and Child BMI in LowIncome AfricanAmerican Preschoolers

The increasing prevalence of obesity in pediatric populations has prompted greater interest in the relationships among parent feeding practices, children’s eating behaviors, and parent and child weight status. This article found that among low-income African Americans, the positive association between maternal restriction and control in feeding and their preschoolers’ body mass index was limited to obese mothers. Relations between parent feeding strategies and child weight status in this population may differ on the basis of maternal weight status.