Participant | Measure - assessment sessions at child health clinics | T1 | T2 | T3 |
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Infant/Child | ||||
Food intake records H1 | 3 non-consecutive days (including weekend day), using 2 × 24 h food records + telephone 24 h-recall. Standard protocol (including estimation of breast milk intake and standardised visual aids for serve size estimation) will match FITS [48] and other [49] studies; well accepted in pilot study. | ✓ | ✓ | |
Food preference H2 | The Wardle tool [37] adapted to Australian target foods. Mothers rate on 5-pt scale from 'likes a lot' - 'dislikes a lot' with option for 'hasn't tried it' | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Feeding behaviour H3 | Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire [50]. Validated 35-item parent report of satiety responsiveness, fussiness, food responsiveness, enjoyment, emotional over/under eating. | ✓ | ✓ | |
Weight & growth | Recumbent length and weight. Weight, length and weight-for-length z-scores calculated using CDC EpiInfo (version 3.3.2). | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Maternal | ||||
Feeding style and practices H3 | The Infant Feeding Questionnaire [36]. 20-item - under/over-eating, hunger, infant cues, scheduling, use of food to calm. | ✓ | ✓ | |
Child Feeding Questionnaire [43] 28-item - 2-11 yrs. - feeding attitudes, practices, perceptions/concerns regarding weight. | ✓ | |||
Parenting skills H4 | Four brief scales from LSAC measuring warmth, irritability, consistency and overprotection (24 items)[41] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
BMI | Height and weight using standard procedures | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |