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Three questionnaires, the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire, the Food Neophobia Scale and the Index of Diet Quality, were administered when the children were aged 4 and 13 months.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980014002663_abs3\" sec-type=\"general\"><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>South-western Finland.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980014002663_abs4\" sec-type=\"subjects\"><jats:title>Subjects<\/jats:title><jats:p>Families participating in the STEPS longitudinal cohort study (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>1797).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980014002663_abs5\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Mean duration of exclusive breast-feeding was 2\u00b74 months and total duration of breast-feeding averaged 8\u00b71 months. The first solid food was introduced into children\u2019s diets at the age of 3\u00b79 months, on average. Mothers with highly restrictive eating were more likely to introduce solid foods sooner than mothers who ranked lower in these behaviours (3\u00b78 months<jats:italic>v.<\/jats:italic>4\u00b70 months,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0\u00b7012). Neophobic mothers breast-fed exclusively (2\u00b70<jats:italic>v<\/jats:italic>. 2\u00b76 months,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0\u00b7038) and in total (7\u00b72<jats:italic>v<\/jats:italic>. 8\u00b75 months,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0\u00b7039) for shorter times than average mothers, even after adjusting for various demographic characteristics. Fathers\u2019 diet quality was associated with total breast-feeding duration and with introduction of complementary foods in unadjusted analyses and with total breast-feeding duration also after adjusting for confounding factors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980014002663_abs6\" sec-type=\"conclusions\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Mothers\u2019 and fathers\u2019 eating patterns and practices are associated with the feeding practices of infants and young children. Health promotion interventions seeking to improve parents\u2019 eating patterns might lead to more favourable feeding practices for infants and young children.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1368980014002663","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,4]],"date-time":"2014-12-04T03:13:52Z","timestamp":1417662832000},"page":"1991-2000","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Mothers\u2019 restrictive eating and food neophobia and fathers\u2019 dietary quality are associated with breast-feeding duration and introduction of solid foods: the STEPS study"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Jenni","family":"Vaarno","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Harri","family":"Niinikoski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anne","family":"Kaljonen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Minna","family":"Aromaa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hanna","family":"Lagstr\u00f6m","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1368980014002663_ref54","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/00006842-199607000-00004"},{"key":"S1368980014002663_ref53","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1006\/appe.1996.0075"},{"key":"S1368980014002663_ref52","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1747-0080.2012.01584.x"},{"key":"S1368980014002663_ref38","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1006\/appe.1997.0108"},{"key":"S1368980014002663_ref46","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-277X.2010.01145.x"},{"key":"S1368980014002663_ref43","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/oby.2006.57"},{"key":"S1368980014002663_ref44","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3109\/17477160902763309"},{"key":"S1368980014002663_ref40","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1054","DOI":"10.1093\/ajcn\/71.5.1054","article-title":"Mothers\u2019 child-feeding practices influence daughters\u2019 eating and weight","volume":"71","author":"Birch","year":"2000","journal-title":"Am J Clin Nutr"},{"key":"S1368980014002663_ref56","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1753-4887.2005.tb00128.x"},{"key":"S1368980014002663_ref10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/ejcn.2013.50"},{"key":"S1368980014002663_ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S1368980009991777"},{"key":"S1368980014002663_ref24","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/17482970600774702"},{"key":"S1368980014002663_ref9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Andren Aronsson C , Uusitalo U , Vehik K et al. 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