Parental Feeding Styles, Parental Feeding Practices and Obesity Among Children With and Without Intellectual Disabilities

Parental feeding style was not associated with obesity in children with intellectual disabilities, which may suggest that weight status in this population is affected by other factors. Although there were differences between some feeding practices employed by parents of children with intellectual disabilities and typically developing parents, those associated with obesity did not differ between the two groups. Future work that sheds light on causal relationships between feeding practices and weight status in this population is warranted.