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JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS
Volume 33, Issue 3, Pages 261-271Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e31824a7baa
Keywords
eating; feeding behavior; child development; social environment; parenting
Funding
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [R01HL088530]
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Eating is necessary for survival, gives great pleasure, and can be perturbed leading to undernutrition, overnutrition, and eating disorders. The development of feeding in humans relies on complex interplay between homeostatic mechanisms; neural reward systems; and child motor, sensory, and socioemotional capability. Furthermore, parenting, social influences, and the food environment influence the development of eating behavior. The rapid expansion of new knowledge in this field, from basic science to clinical and community-based research, is expected to lead to urgently needed research in support of effective, evidence-based prevention and treatment strategies for undernutrition, overnutrition, and eating disorders in early childhood. Using a biopsychosocial approach, this review covers current knowledge of the development of eating behavior from the brain to the individual child, taking into account important contextual influences. (J Dev Behav Pediatr 33: 261-271, 2012)
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