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Pester power and its consequences: do European children’s food purchasing requests relate to diet and weight outcomes?

Abstract
Children may influence household spending through ‘pester power’. The present study examined pestering through parent-child food shopping behaviours in relation to children’s diet and weight status.

Cross-sectional and prospective analyses drawn from the IDEFICS study, a cohort study of parents and their children. Children’s height and weight were measured and their recent diets were reported by parental proxy based on the Children’s Eating Habits Questionnaire-FFQ at baseline and 2-year follow-up. Parents also completed questionnaires at both time points about pestering, including whether the child goes grocery shopping with them, asks for items seen on television and is bought requested food items.
Participants were recruited from eight European countries for the IDEFICS study (non-nationally representative sample).