Table 1.

Caregiver feeding styles and definitions from the Infant Feeding Styles Questionnaire (IFSQ)²⁸

Feeding Style	Definition
Responsive	Caregiver is attentive to child’s hunger and satiety cues and monitors the quality of the child’s diet.
Restrictive (Controlling)	Caregiver limits the infant to healthful foods and limits the quantity of food consumed.
Restrictive (Pressuring)	Caregiver is concerned with increasing the amount of food the infant consumes and uses food to soothe the infant.
Indulgent	Caregiver does not set limits on the quantity or quality of food consumed.
Laissez-Faire	Caregiver does not limit the infant’s diet quality or quantity and shows little interaction with the infant during feeding.