title: Child disinhibition, parent restriction, and child body mass index in low-income preschool families.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine both unique and interactive effects of parent restrictive feeding and child disinhibited eating behavior on child body mass index (BMI) in low-income Latino and African American preschoolers.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample included 229 parent-child pairs, the majority of whom were low-income and Latino (57%) or African American (25%). Parents completed self-report measures, and researchers collected anthropometric data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Multiple regression analysis indicated a restriction-disinhibition interaction; high restriction/high disinhibition predicted higher BMI, and high restriction/low disinhibition predicted lower BMI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although limited by the observational, cross-sectional design, results indicate that parent and child behaviors interact to produce maladaptive weight outcomes, and practitioners should consider both when counseling families.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USA. msparksphd@gmail.com
authors.forename: Martha A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sparks
authors.forename: Cynthia L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Radnitz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D000886:Anthropometry; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011203:Poverty