(1) Background: Research on parental feeding practices and non-normative eating
behavior including loss of control (LOC) eating and eating disorder psychopathology indicated
separate associations of these variables with child weight status, especially in early childhood.
This study cross-sectionally examined interaction effects of restriction, monitoring, pressure to
eat, and children’s weight status on disordered eating in children aged 8–13 years. (2) Methods:
A population-based sample of N = 904 children and their mothers completed the Eating Disorder
Examination Questionnaire for Children and the Child Feeding Questionnaire. Child anthropometrics
were objectively measured. Hierarchical linear and logistic regression analyses were conducted
for cross-sectionally predicting global eating disorder psychopathology and recurrent LOC eating
by feeding practices and child weight status for younger (8–10 years) and older (11–13 years)
ages. (3) Results: Restriction x Child weight status significantly predicted global eating disorder
psychopathology in younger children and recurrent LOC eating in older children. Monitoring x Child
weight status significantly predicted eating disorder psychopathology in older children. A higher
versus lower child weight status was associated with adverse eating behaviors, particularly in children
with mothers reporting high restriction and monitoring. (4) Conclusions: Detrimental associations
between higher child weight status and child eating disorder symptomatology held especially true
for children whose mothers strongly control child food intake
