title: Potential Use of Food/Activity, Parenting Style, and Caregiver Feeding Style Measurement Tools with American Indian Families: A Brief Report.
abstract: Objective To provide preliminary descriptive data on caregiver and child weight status, parenting styles, feeding styles, and feeding practices of a small American Indian sample. Methods Participants included a subsample of American Indian caregivers (n = 23) identified from a larger study that was conducted in five states. Using previously validated instruments, means, standard deviations, and ranges for general parenting styles, feeding styles, and feeding practices were explored. Results In general, most caregivers reported healthy feeding practices. Most caregivers scored higher on responsive compared to restrictive or permissive in general parenting. Of the sample, 12 caregivers (52.2 %) were classified in the indulgent feeding style category, 5 caregivers (21.7 %) were classified as authoritative, 5 (21.7 %) uninvolved, and 1 (4.3 %) authoritarian. Conclusions More investigations are needed to explore questions raised by this study about using common tools that measure childhood obesity with American Indian families.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. shughes@bcm.edu.
authors.forename: Sheryl O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.affiliation: University of Nevada - Cooperative Extension, 1664 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV, 89503, USA.
authors.forename: Jenna T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.affiliation: University of Nevada - Cooperative Extension, 8050 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV, 89123, USA.
authors.forename: Madeleine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sigman-Grant
authors.affiliation: University of Nevada - Cooperative Extension, 8050 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV, 89123, USA.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: VanBrackle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005248:Feeding Methods / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009505:Nevada / Q000453:epidemiology; D009515:New Jersey / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D009825:Oklahoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D050177:Overweight / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: American Indian; Childhood; Feeding styles; Obesity