title: The association between maternal perception of her child weight and maternal feeding styles
abstract: Introduction: Mothers do not recognize when their child is overweight or obese (OW-OB), and the evidence suggests a relationship between inadequate maternal perception of her child weight (MPCW), and maternal feeding style (MFS).
  Objectives: a) To assess the reliability of the Caregiver Feeding Style Questionnaire (CFSQ); b) to verify association between MPCW and child’ nutritional status; c) to describe the MFS; d) to verify differences between MPCW and child’s body mass index (BMI); e) and to verify the association between MPCW and MFS.
  Methods: 566 dyads participated (mother/preschool child). Mothers circle the image that more resembled their child (MPCW), and answered the CFSQ. Cronbach alpha coeffi cient was calculated. V Cramer, ANOVA and Chi-square were applied.
  Results: The internal consistency of CFSQ was 0.88. The 8.4% (n = 12) mothers of children are OW-OB had adequate MPCW (V = 0.26, p = 0.001). The most frequent MFS was authoritarian (34.5%, n = 195), MFS uninvolved presented the highest child’ BMI (F = 3.91, p < 0.05). When mothers perceive her child is OW-OB have a MFS uninvolved (χ2 = 15,384, df = 6, p < 0.05).
  Conclusions: Mothers of children with OW-OB have an inadequate MPCW and more frequently have a MFS authoritarian. When the mother perceive their child is OW-OB has MFS uninvolved. Interventions to help the mothers to recognize their child is OW-OB and teaching strategies that promote MFS authoritative are recommended.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Enfermería. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Monterrey, Nuevo León. México. yolandaflores.uanl@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Flores-Peña
authors.forename: América
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Acuña-Blanco
authors.forename: Velia M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Cárdenas-Villarreal
authors.forename: Marily D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Amaro-Hinojosa
authors.forename: María E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Pérez-Campa
authors.forename: Jesús R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Elenes-Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology; D010465:Perception; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires