title: [EARLY MOTHER-CHILD BONDING FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CHILDREN OBESITY].
abstract: The aim of this study is to describe the experience of a group of mothers with obese children, regarding how early bond affects the relationship that both have with food and this, in turn, impacts on childhood obesity. The present study has a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive design. The sample consists of five chilean women between 22 and 39 years old, with obese children between 2 and 4 years old. In-depth interviews were carried out and open coding strategy was used as method of analysis. Results show a tendency of mothers to establish insecure attachment relations, difficulties of tuning and expression of affection, and a predominance of a permissive parenting style around food. This has important implications for prevention and treatment of obesity, focusing on the attachment bond between mother and child.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Cirugía de la Obesidad, Hospital DIPRECA. Vital Apoquindo 1200, Las Condes. Santiago, Chile.. gabrielafvargas@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vargas Martínez
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios de la Conducta Alimentaria (CECA). Escuela de Psicología. Universidad Adolfo lbáñez, Diagonal Las Torres 2640. Peñalolén (Santiago), Chile.. claudia.cruzat@uai.cl.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cruzat Mandich
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios de la Conducta Alimentaria (CECA), Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Adolfo lbáñez, Diagonal Las Torres 2640. Peñalolén (Santiago), Chile.. fernanda.diaz@uai.cl.
authors.forename: Fernanda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Díaz Castrillón
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios de la Conducta Alimentaria (CECA). Escuela de Psicología. Universidad Adolfo lbáñez. Diagonal Las Torres 2640. Peñalolén (Santiago), Chile.. catamoore@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Catalina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moore Infante
authors.affiliation: Universidad del Desarrollo. Avenida Plaza 680, San Carlos de Apoquindo. Las Condes (Santiago), Chile.. vulloaj@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ulloa Jiménez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D009035:Mothers; D009769:Object Attachment; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult