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Powers, Scott W. – US Department of Agriculture, 2005
This study developed and administered a questionnaire to identify feeding practices among low-income African-American mothers and eating behaviors in their preschool children that are associated with childhood obesity. The findings do not appear to implicate feeding practices to childhood obesity in this sample of preschoolers. However, before…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Obesity, Parenting Styles, Eating Habits