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Validation of the comprehensive feeding practices questionnaire in parents of preschool children in Brazil

BACKGROUND: Recent national surveys in Brazil have demonstrated a decrease in the consumption of traditional food and a parallel increase in the consumption of ultra-processed food, which has contributed to a rise in obesity prevalence in all age groups. Environmental factors, especially familial fa...

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Autores principales: Warkentin, Sarah, Mais, Laís Amaral, Latorre, Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira, Carnell, Susan, Taddei, José Augusto de Aguiar Carrazedo
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4952239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27435192
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3282-8
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author Warkentin, Sarah
Mais, Laís Amaral
Latorre, Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira
Carnell, Susan
Taddei, José Augusto de Aguiar Carrazedo
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description BACKGROUND: Recent national surveys in Brazil have demonstrated a decrease in the consumption of traditional food and a parallel increase in the consumption of ultra-processed food, which has contributed to a rise in obesity prevalence in all age groups. Environmental factors, especially familial factors, have a strong influence on the food intake of preschool children, and this has led to the development of psychometric scales to measure parents’ feeding practices. The aim of this study was to test the validity of a translated and adapted Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire in a sample of Brazilian preschool-aged children enrolled in private schools. METHODS: A transcultural adaptation process was performed in order to develop a modified questionnaire (43 items). After piloting, the questionnaire was sent to parents, along with additional questions about family characteristics. Test-retest reliability was assessed in one of the schools. Factor analysis with oblique rotation was performed. Internal reliability was tested using Cronbach’s alpha and correlations between factors, discriminant validity using marker variables of child’s food intake, and convergent validity via correlations with parental perceptions of perceived responsibility for feeding and concern about the child’s weight were also performed. RESULTS: The final sample consisted of 402 preschool children. Factor analysis resulted in a final questionnaire of 43 items distributed over 6 factors. Cronbach alpha values were adequate (0.74 to 0.88), between-factor correlations were low, and discriminant validity and convergent validity were acceptable. CONCLUSIONS: The modified CFPQ demonstrated significant internal reliability in this urban Brazilian sample. Scale validation within different cultures is essential for a more comprehensive understanding of parental feeding practices for preschoolers.
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spelling pubmed-49522392016-07-21 Validation of the comprehensive feeding practices questionnaire in parents of preschool children in Brazil Warkentin, Sarah Mais, Laís Amaral Latorre, Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira Carnell, Susan Taddei, José Augusto de Aguiar Carrazedo BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Recent national surveys in Brazil have demonstrated a decrease in the consumption of traditional food and a parallel increase in the consumption of ultra-processed food, which has contributed to a rise in obesity prevalence in all age groups. Environmental factors, especially familial factors, have a strong influence on the food intake of preschool children, and this has led to the development of psychometric scales to measure parents’ feeding practices. The aim of this study was to test the validity of a translated and adapted Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire in a sample of Brazilian preschool-aged children enrolled in private schools. METHODS: A transcultural adaptation process was performed in order to develop a modified questionnaire (43 items). After piloting, the questionnaire was sent to parents, along with additional questions about family characteristics. Test-retest reliability was assessed in one of the schools. Factor analysis with oblique rotation was performed. Internal reliability was tested using Cronbach’s alpha and correlations between factors, discriminant validity using marker variables of child’s food intake, and convergent validity via correlations with parental perceptions of perceived responsibility for feeding and concern about the child’s weight were also performed. RESULTS: The final sample consisted of 402 preschool children. Factor analysis resulted in a final questionnaire of 43 items distributed over 6 factors. Cronbach alpha values were adequate (0.74 to 0.88), between-factor correlations were low, and discriminant validity and convergent validity were acceptable. CONCLUSIONS: The modified CFPQ demonstrated significant internal reliability in this urban Brazilian sample. Scale validation within different cultures is essential for a more comprehensive understanding of parental feeding practices for preschoolers. BioMed Central 2016-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC4952239/ /pubmed/27435192 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3282-8 Text en © The Author(s). 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Carnell, Susan
Taddei, José Augusto de Aguiar Carrazedo
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title Validation of the comprehensive feeding practices questionnaire in parents of preschool children in Brazil
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4952239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27435192
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3282-8
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