as being “high” in that specific practice, while those who obtained a total sqare less than or equal to the median were identified as “low” for that feeding practice and the frequency of its use. In prior research, the internal Consistency of the instrument has been found to be 0.71 -0.’ 94.28 As part of this study, a two week test-retest reliability was conducted on the instrument with 30 mothers of preschoolers who were representative of the sample, but not part of the study. The test—retest reliabilities ranged from 0.82-0.92. It took approximately 15 minutes for respondents to complete the questionnaire.