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Lannaman, Erika J.. WIC educators’ impressions of infant and toddler feeding practices that may lead to childhood obesity. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3CN774D

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TitleWIC educators’ impressions of infant and toddler feeding practices that may lead to childhood obesity
NameLannaman, Erika J. (author); Palmer-Keenan, Debra (chair); Byrd-Bredbenner, Carol (internal member); Worobey, John (internal member); Rutgers University; School of Graduate Studies
Date Created2018
Other Date2018-01 (degree)
SubjectNutritional Sciences, Obesity in children, Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (U.S.)--New Jersey
Extent1 online resource (ix, 59 p.)
DescriptionObesity rates among low-income children in the U.S. are higher than those of their higher-income counterparts. New Jersey’s WIC-enrolled children have maintained a rate of obesity that is far above the national average. Consequently, obesity prevention has become a focus of several public health programs. Within NJ, both WIC and SNAP-Ed programs aim to provide low-income populations with educational resources to combat the rise of obesity among NJ’s youth. The aim of this study was to identify the child feeding practices utilized by low-income, diverse parents and caregivers in NJ that may lead to infant and toddler overweight and obesity. Semi-structured, open-ended interviews were conducted with nutritionists and breastfeeding counselors at 8 NJ WIC agencies. At the close of each interview, participants were presented with a list of prompts compiled based on a review of potentially obesogenic child feeding practices found the literature. Data were coded using computer assisted qualitative data analysis software (NVIVO). Thirty-two (N=32) WIC staff members were interviewed, with interview times ranging in length from 16-43 minutes. A total of 22 feeding practices were identified, from which 4 themes emerged: feeding practices that support excessive energy intake; inappropriate bottle feeding practices; instrumental feeding practices (i.e., use of food as a reward or punishment); and, suboptimal food/beverage choice. Despite the high level of diversity among NJ WIC’s clientele, the feeding practices employed by them were found to be similar. While the majority of feeding practices found in this study were previously recognized in the literature as potentially associated with childhood obesity, two unique findings indicate that caregivers may benefit from education addressing infant rooting and sucking reflexes and on the contents and intended uses for nutritional supplements, as well as media literacy of nutritional supplement ads. Future research should explore the impact of nutrition supplement marketing on parents and caregivers and investigate intervention efforts that will lead to awareness and behavior change.
NoteM.S.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Noteby Erika J. Lannaman
Genretheses, ETD graduate
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3CN774D
Languageeng
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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