Feeding behaviors, food attitudes, and body fatness in infants.
One hundred and thirty-four infants were studied at 3 and 9 months of age to determine possible behavioral causes of fatness. A feeding behaviors interview and a semantic differential to measure mothers' attitudes toward food were developed. A stepwise multiple regression procedure revealed that none of the independent variables significantly predicted the dependent variable of infant triceps skinfold thickness at the age of 9 months. Even so, care should be exercised in instructing caregivers concerning specific feeding behaviors to use with infants.
D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D014768:Virginia