Table 1 Mother's child feeding practices measured by the Child Feeding Questionnaire for Chilean preschool children
Subscale | Definition1 | Items | Range | Cronbach-alpha |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Perceived responsibility | Degree of mother's responsibility for feeding her child, determining portion sizes, and providing a healthy diet. | 3 | 1 (low feelings of responsibility) to 5 (high feelings of responsibility) | 0.75 |
Concern about child's weight | Degree of mother's concern over her child becoming over-weight | 3 | 1 (unconcerned) to 5 (highly concerned) | 0.72 |
Restriction | Degree of mother's control over child's eating by restricting access to palatable foods (type and amount). | 8 | 1 (low restriction) to 5 (high restriction) | 0.65 |
Pressure to eat | Degree of mother's encouragement on her child to eat. For e.g, finishing everything on the plate. | 4 | 1 (low levels of pressure) to 5 (high levels of pressure) | 0.61 |
Monitoring | Degree of mother's awareness of child's consumption of sweets, snacks and other high-fat foods. | 3 | 1 (never) to 5 (always) | 0.82 |