2.3.2. Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ)

The CFQP assessed a range of parental feeding practices with 49 items on 5-point scales [28]. It is a widely used feeding questionnaire. Although it was developed and validated on a middle-class, European American sample, it has been used successfully with Hispanic samples [66,67]. The questionnaire yields scores on 12 separate subscales. However, in an exploratory factor analysis in the current sample [59], five factors were identified: monitoring (e.g., “How much do you keep track of the sweets—candy, ice cream, cake, pies, pastries—that your child eats? 4 items), restriction for weight (e.g., “I restrict the foods my child eats that might make him/her fat,” 7 items), promotion of overconsumption (e.g., “If my child eats only a small helping, I encourage him/her to eat more,” 8 items), healthy eating guidance (e.g., “I discuss with my child the nutrition value of foods,” 12 items), and healthy eating variety (e.g., “I encourage my child to try new foods,” 3 items). Coefficient alphas in the current sample for these five subscales ranged from 0.73 to 0.87 [59].