Rebecca Boulos authors article in 'Appetite'
Rebecca J. Boulos, M.P.H., Ph.D., assistant clinical professor in the School of Community and Population Health, co-authored an article in Appetite titled, 鈥淟ow demanding parental feeding style is associated with low consumption of whole grains among children of recent immigrants.鈥
Findings demonstrate that maternal feeding style and child鈥檚 whole grain intake vary by amount of time in the United States. Children of mothers who resided in the U.S. for fewer than 5 years and who practiced a low demanding feeding style ate fewer whole grains. A low demanding feeding style is characterized by caregivers placing few rules or demands on the child鈥檚 dietary intake.
Boulos co-authored the study with colleagues from Tufts University and Baylor College of Medicine: Christina D. Economos, Ph.D.; Alison Tovar, Ph.D.; Silvina Choumenkovitch, Ph.D.; Erin Hennessy, Ph.D.; Aviva Must, Ph.D.; Sheryl O. Hughes, Ph.D.; David Gute, Ph.D.; and Emily Kuross Vikre, Ph.D.