Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Shaina D. Trevino, Nichole R. Kelly, Elizabeth L. Budd, Nicole R. Giuliani
Summary: Existing research supports a direct association between parent's own emotional eating and their child's emotional eating, as well as correlations among parent emotional eating, feeding practices, and child emotional eating. This study adds to the literature by examining the indirect effects of parental feeding practices in the association between parent emotional eating and child emotional eating, and explores how these effects vary based on parent gender. The findings suggest that restrictive feeding partially accounts for the association between parent and child emotional eating, with variations based on parent gender.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Lupita Maria Gonzalez, Amy Lammert, Suzanne Phelan, Alison K. Ventura
Summary: This study found that parenting stress during the pandemic was associated with less desirable feeding practices and problematic eating behaviors in children.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Lupita Maria Gonzalez, Amy Lammert, Suzanne Phelan, Alison K. Ventura
Summary: This study aimed to examine the relationships between parenting stress, feeding practices, and perceptions of children's eating behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings suggest that higher levels of parenting stress are associated with less desirable feeding practices and greater perceptions of problematic eating behaviors in children.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Andrea Horvath, Agata Strozyk, Piotr Dziechciarz, Hania Szajewska
Summary: This study in Poland investigated how COVID-19 pandemic restrictions impacted complementary feeding practices among parents of infants aged 4 to 12 months. Results showed that most parents received information from various sources, with other parents, family members, or friends being the most common source. The study found that COVID-19 restrictions did not significantly affect feeding methods or patterns, but may have had an impact on complementary feeding in families with average financial situations.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Silvia Cimino, Luca Cerniglia
Summary: This study evaluated the outcomes of a telehealth intervention aimed at enhancing exchanges in mother-child dyads who showed an impoverishment of the quality of their feeding interactions and a worsening of their psychopathological symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed that the intervention significantly improved the quality of mother-child feeding interactions and reduced maternal and offspring psychopathological symptoms.
PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Kaat Philippe, Claire Chabanet, Sylvie Issanchou, Sandrine Monnery-Patris
Summary: During the COVID-19 lockdown in France, many parents reported changes in child eating behaviors, parental feeding practices, and food shopping motivations. These changes included increased child appetite, food enjoyment, and more permissive feeding practices. Additionally, parental level of education and stress level were found to predict changes in practices and motivations.
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Alexandra Costa, Andreia Oliveira
Summary: Multiple studies have shown a connection between eating behaviors and weight status as well as obesity risk in children. These eating behaviors are influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. Parents have a crucial role in shaping children's food environment and experiences. This paper aims to review the literature on how parental influences affect eating behaviors in childhood, particularly focusing on parental feeding practices. The relationship between parental feeding practices and children's eating behaviors has been extensively studied, but most findings come from cross-sectional studies, which means the possibility of reverse causality cannot be ruled out.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Rachel F. Rodgers, Isabella Sereno, Emily Zimmerman
Summary: Maternal mood and eating habits are associated with food parenting practices, which in turn impact children's eating habits. The COVID-19 pandemic may have negatively impacted maternal mood, contributing to changes in eating behaviors and food parenting practices. The present study examined how maternal mood, body image, and eating concerns were related to perceived changes in feeding practices during the pandemic. The findings suggest that the pandemic has led to differences in non-responsive feeding practices and increased use of some restrictive practices. Results also revealed relationships between maternal stress, body dissatisfaction, and various eating behaviors.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Jessica A. Marino, Kimberly Meraz, Manuvir Dhaliwal, Denise D. Payan, Tashelle Wright, Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on breastfeeding, formula-feeding, and access to infant-feeding supplies and lactation support among US households with infants under 2 years old.
MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Rebecca A. Stone, Jacqueline Blissett, Emma Haycraft, Claire Farrow
Summary: Emotional eating, which refers to overeating regardless of satiety and in response to emotional states, develops in childhood and is associated with obesity. Parental behaviors and child characteristics are implicated in emotional eating, and the use of food by parents to regulate children's emotions fully mediates the relationship between parent and child emotional eating. The use of food as a reward and restriction of food for health reasons partially mediate this relationship. Child negative affect moderates the mediated relationship between parent and child emotional eating. The findings suggest that child emotional eating may result from interrelationships between greater parent emotional eating, use of food as a reward, restriction of food for health reasons, and negative affective temperaments, but greater use of food for emotion regulation may predict greater child emotional eating irrespective of child temperament.
MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Pediatrics
Omneya Magdy Omar, Mohamed Naguib Massoud, Afaf Gaber Ibrahim, Nada Atef Khalaf
Summary: This study explores the relationship between early feeding practices, eating behavior, and body composition among primary school children. The results show that children with obesity and overweight have higher scores in food approach subscales and lower scores in food avoidance subscales. The conclusion highlights the importance of early feeding practices and eating behavior as preventive approaches for obesity.
WORLD JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
(2022)
Article
Cell Biology
Xin Wang, Yanling Wen, Xiaowei Xie, Yang Liu, Xiaohua Tan, Qingxian Cai, Yawen Zhang, Lin Cheng, Gang Xu, Shengyuan Zhang, Haiyan Wang, Lanlan Wei, Xian Tang, Furong Qi, Juanjuan Zhao, Jing Yuan, Lei Liu, Ping Zhu, Florent Ginhoux, Shuye Zhang, Tao Cheng, Zheng Zhang
Summary: Severe COVID-19 patients exhibit hematopoietic stem cells in G1 phase with a tendency towards apoptosis, along with significant accumulation of immature myeloid progenitors and reduction of lymphoid progenitors in bone marrow. Up-regulation of key transcription factors important for hematopoietic stem cell differentiation was also observed.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Dorit Hadar-Shoval, Michal Alon-Tirosh, Kfir Asraf, Lubna Tannous-Haddad, Orna Tzischinsky
Summary: Emotional eating poses health risks and COVID-19 related lifestyle changes increase the risk of emotional eating, with gender and COVID-19 related stressors affecting the relationship between lifestyle changes and emotional eating.
Article
Pediatrics
Cindy H. Liu, Sunah Hyun, Leena Mittal, Carmina Erdei
Summary: The study explored the association between mental health symptoms, psychological experiences, COVID-19 related concerns, and self-reported maternal-infant bonding experiences of postpartum women. Findings showed that postpartum women's depression, COVID-19-related grief, and health worries were related to maternal-infant bonding quality, while anxiety, social support, and maternal self-efficacy played different roles in bonding experiences. Enhanced interdisciplinary partnerships among healthcare professionals are crucial for supporting the well-being of mothers and infants during the pandemic.
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Amanda Trofholz, Derek Hersch, Kristin Norderud, Jerica M. Berge, Katie Loth
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on the home food environment, specifically on meal and snack time routines and parent feeding practices. Mothers were found to be more directive in food choices, but had less rules around mealtimes and increased meal responsibilities.
Article
Pediatrics
Kathryn E. Smith, Shannon M. O'Connor, Tyler B. Mason, Shirlene Wang, Eldin Dzubur, Ross D. Crosby, Stephen A. Wonderlich, Sarah-Jeanne Salvy, Denise M. Feda, James N. Roemmich
Summary: The study found that moderate to vigorous physical activity can reduce stress-related eating, and physical activity has a moderating effect on different emotional eating patterns under different z-BMI conditions. Therefore, increasing physical activity time can mitigate momentary risk of stress-related eating episodes.
Article
Psychology, Biological
Paddy Loftus, Shirlene D. Wang, Raina D. Pang, Matthew G. Kirkpatrick
Summary: This study suggests that individual-level motivational factors may influence the ability of pre-quit smokers to temporarily reduce daily smoking. High behavioral inhibition and low behavioral activation may underlie the ability to adjust smoking levels based on individuals' daily abstinence plans. Future research should explore how motivational factors during the pre-quit stage can predict long-term smoking cessation.
EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Shirlene D. Wang, Paddy Loftus, Raina D. Pang, Matthew G. Kirkpatrick
Summary: This study examined the impact of baseline and daily self-efficacy on setting daily abstinence plans in pre-quit smokers. The results indicate that self-efficacy plays an important role in helping pre-quit smokers to make and stick to their quitting plans. The study also suggests that smoking behavior and previous abstinence plan setting on the previous day can influence the success of participants' smoking cessation plans.
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Li Yi, Shirlene D. Wang, Daniel Chu, Aditya Ponnada, Stephen S. Intille, Genevieve F. Dunton
Summary: This study found that emerging adults who chose to engage in physical activity on roads/sidewalks and at parks/open spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic were more likely to maintain their physical activity levels.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Chih-Hsiang Yang, Shirlene Wang, Wei-Lin Wang, Britni R. Belcher, Genevieve F. Dunton
Summary: Understanding the correlation between mothers' and children's physical activity and sedentary behavior on a daily level during non-school time can help identify intervention opportunities. This study found a positive association between mothers' and their children's moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and sedentary time on both weekdays and weekends. The association was stronger for older children and boys. Designing family-based interventions during non-school time may be beneficial for promoting active lifestyles.
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Shirlene Wang, Stephen Intille, Aditya Ponnada, Bridgette Do, Alexander Rothman, Genevieve Dunton
Summary: This paper describes the study design, recruitment, and data collection procedures for the Temporal Influences on Movement and Exercise (TIME) study, which aims to examine real-time microtemporal influences underlying the adoption and maintenance of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep. The study utilizes intermittent ecological momentary assessment and continuous, sensor-based passive monitoring to collect and analyze data. The results will be used to build more predictive health behavior theories and inform personalized behavior interventions.
JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS
(2022)
Letter
Dermatology
Shivali Devjani, Priya Vedula, Stephanie Sogol Javadi, Brandon Smith, George Han, Jashin J. Wu
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY
(2023)
Letter
Dermatology
Brandon Smith, Priya Engel, Michael R. R. Collier, Shivali Devjani, Jacob P. P. Thyssen, Jashin J. J. Wu
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kristen N. Moore, Kayla Nuss, Bridgette Do, Shirlene D. Wang, Kaigang Li, Dan J. Graham, Genevieve F. Dunton, Jimikaye B. Courtney
Summary: This study examined the associations between daily physical activity behavior, motivational profile, and days since the COVID-19 national emergency declaration. The findings suggest that external motivation may have provided short-term protection against declines in physical activity during the early months of the pandemic.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Aditya Ponnada, Jixin Li, Shirlene Wang, Wei-Lin Wang, Bridgette Do, Genevieve F. Dunton, Stephen S. Intille
Summary: Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is a method used to collect real-time self-reported behaviors using mobile devices. Microinteraction EMA (mu EMA) is a type of EMA where short questions are answered on a smartwatch. Previous research has shown that mu EMA has higher response rates and lower burden compared to smartphone-EMA. In this study, contextual biases associated with non-response to mu EMA prompts on a smartwatch were examined, and it was found that temporal, activity/mobility, and device use variables were significantly associated with non-response.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACM ON INTERACTIVE MOBILE WEARABLE AND UBIQUITOUS TECHNOLOGIES-IMWUT
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Aditya Ponnada, Shirlene Wang, Daniel Chu, Bridgette Do, Genevieve Dunton, Stephen Intille
Summary: This paper describes the mu EMA protocol and app used in the TIME Study with young adults, as well as the results from a pilot study. The results indicate that mu EMA can be used to capture individual-level behaviors and states, supporting future longitudinal interventions.
JMIR FORMATIVE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Bridgette Do, Shirlene D. Wang, Christine H. Naya, Genevieve F. Dunton, Tyler B. Mason
Summary: This study explored the factors associated with maternal fruit and vegetable preparation, finding that within-day characteristics like family meals and weekdays, as well as personal characteristics like ethnicity and child's age, influenced mothers' likelihood of preparing fresh fruits and vegetables. The findings can inform family-based obesity and nutrition intervention programs by identifying which families and contexts are more conducive to maternal F/V preparation.
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Kathryn E. Smith, Tyler B. Mason, Shannon M. O'Connor, Shirlene Wang, Eldin Dzubur, Ross D. Crosby, Stephen A. Wonderlich, Sarah-Jeanne Salvy, Denise M. Feda, James N. Roemmich
Summary: Research indicates that affective experiences surrounding physical activity differ according to z-BMI, with negative affect potentially impeding physical activity levels among youth with higher z-BMI. Further exploration is needed to understand the factors influencing these associations and their potential impact on weight change.
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Hugues Piloquet, Benoit Berge, Pascal Maigret, Veronique Hospital
Summary: This study aimed to explore the effects of environmental factors on eating behavior and food intake in toddlers. The results showed that food fussiness was more common in older children, children conceived with medical assistance, children exposed to distractions during meals, rewarded by parents to finish meals, free to eat at will, and those who ate only occasionally with the whole family. Unsatisfactory dietary diversification was not significantly associated with any variable.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Victoria Norton, Julie A. Lovegrove, Marcus Tindall, Julia Rodriguez Garcia, Stella Lignou
Summary: The UK's aging population requires promotion of balanced nutrition, with a particular focus on increasing dietary fiber intake. Surveys involving older adults showed their willingness to learn about dietary fiber and the need for accessible information. Educational materials proved effective in engaging older adults and were perceived as useful. A holistic approach, involving support from various sources, can aid in improving dietary fiber consumption and overall health outcomes among older adults.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Gary J. Farkas, Paige M. Cunningham, Alicia M. Sneij, John E. Hayes, Mark S. Nash, Arthur S. Berg, David R. Gater, Barbara J. Rolls
Summary: Overeating associated with neurogenic obesity after spinal cord injury (SCI) may be related to how persons with SCI experience satiation, their eating frequency, and the context in which they eat their meals. Those with SCI rely less on physiological satiation cues for meal termination and instead rely more on hedonic cues. There are differences in meal contexts and eating frequency between SCI individuals and controls, with SCI individuals consuming fewer meals but having a higher overall eating frequency due to increased snacking. These factors likely contribute to overeating associated with neurogenic obesity after SCI.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Shana Adise, Kerri N. Boutelle, Panteha Hayati Rezvan, Eric Kan, Kyung E. Rhee, Michael I. Goran, Elizabeth R. Sowell
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between executive functions and cognition during adolescence, and the intake of fat and sugar two years later. The study found that higher impulsivity and reward-seeking behaviors were related to greater fat and sugar intake in males, while higher negative urgency and BMI were related to greater intake in both sexes. These findings suggest that individuals with certain traits may be more at risk for weight gain due to overconsumption of unhealthy foods.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Claire Margerison, Gozde Aydin, Christel Larsson, Alison Booth, Anthony Worsley, Janandani Nanayakkara
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns resulted in changes in food accessibility and availability, leading to shifts in food habits and behaviors among people worldwide. A study conducted in Australia examined the self-reported changes in food habits and behaviors of adults during the COVID-19 restrictions in 2020. The majority of respondents reported developing positive food habits, such as trying new recipes, cooking from scratch, and reducing take-away meals. The study also found that family involvement in food preparation and eating together increased during the restrictions. However, there were negative experiences, including difficulties in purchasing certain foods and limited access to food outlets.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Betsy Cogan, Jamie A. Cooper
Summary: This study aimed to assess the effect of dietary sweetness on appetite in adults with and without obesity. The results showed that the response of ghrelin to unsweetened rinses was energy-specific for all adults, while rinses containing sucralose led to greater cephalic phase cholecystokinin release in adults with a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/m(2).
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Rebecca Gregson, Jared Piazza, Heather Shaw
Summary: Recent scholarship has identified a group of individuals who self-identify as anti-vegan, and they have distinct dietarian identities and ideological profiles. Anti-vegans show higher levels of commitment to their dietary patterns compared to omnivores, and they also score higher on various ideological measures.
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Gibson Weydmann, Patricia Maidana Miguel, Nour Hakim, Laurette Dube, Patricia Pelufo Silveira, Lisiane Bizarro
Summary: This study systematically reviewed the association between obesity and overweight with reinforcement learning performance. It was found that obesity might be associated with impairments in utilizing aversive outcomes to change behavior, but further research is needed to confirm this association.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Laura Kudlek, Rebecca A. Jones, Carly Hughes, Robbie Duschinsky, Andrew Hill, Rebecca Richards, Megan Thompson, Ann Vincent, Simon J. Griffin, Amy L. Ahern
Summary: This study explored how participants of an ACT-based weight management intervention (WMI) experience emotional eating and highlighted the importance of self-awareness and alternative coping strategies in improving emotional eating. It also emphasized the need for ongoing and personalized interventions to support individuals with external locus of control and complex emotional eating experiences.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Stefanie C. Landwehr, Monika Hartmann
Summary: This study examines the influence of peers on children's snack purchasing decisions, finding that the presence of peers strongly impacts children's brand awareness and price perception, highlighting the crucial role of social influence in shaping children's decision-making processes.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Rao Yuan, Shaosheng Jin, Wenchao Wu
Summary: This study examines the interactive effects of information and consumer trust on consumer preferences for organic food. The results show that consumers are willing to pay a higher price for organic food, especially those with higher levels of trust. The introduction of information significantly increases consumers' willingness to pay, with a greater increase observed among high-trust consumers.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Oda Bjorklund, Lars Wichstrom, Clare Llewellyn, Silje Steinsbekk
Summary: This study tests the psychometric properties of the Adult Eating Behavior Questionnaire (AEBQ) in a sample of 14-year-olds and examines its construct validity using the parent-reported Children's Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ). The results show that a 7-factor solution of the AEBQ without the Hunger scale is a better fitting model, and there are small-to-moderate correlations between the AEBQ and CEBQ scales.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Alice M. Cox, Rachael W. Taylor, Jillian J. Haszard, Kathryn L. Beck, Pamela R. von Hurst, Cathryn A. Conlon, Lisa A. Te Morenga, Lisa Daniels, Jenny Mcarthur, Rebecca Paul, Neve H. McLean, Emily A. Jones, Ioanna Katiforis, Kimberley J. Brown, Madeline Gash, Madeleine Rowan, Elizabeth A. Fleming, Rosario Jupiterwala, Bailey R. Bruckner, Anne-Louise M. Heath
Summary: Although concerns are often raised about the potential impact of baby food pouch use and Baby-Led Weaning (BLW) on infant health, there is limited research in this area. This study found that frequent pouch use was associated with increased food fussiness and more selective eating, while BLW was associated with higher energy intake and a range of eating behaviors.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Briana L. Kennedy, Andrew M. Camara, Dominic M. D. Tran
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between obesity, overconsumption, and oversensitivity to rewards, and how it affects attentional biases towards food-related stimuli. The results showed that individuals with higher BMI had lower attentional priority for food and food logos, while increased consumption of HFHS foods and dieting predicted increased attentional priority for food and food logo images.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Irene Campos-Sanchez, Rocio Munoz-Sanchez, Eva-Maria Navarrete-Munoz, Maria Sofia Molina-Inigo, Miriam Hurtado-Pomares, Paula Fernandez-Pires, Alicia Sanchez-Perez, Daniel Prieto-Botella, Iris Juarez-Leal, Paula Peral-Gomez, Cristina Espinosa-Sempere, Desiree Valera-Gran
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the association between sensory reactivity and feeding problems in young children. The results showed that taste/smell sensitivity was significantly associated with difficulties in texture transition/introduction, limited variety of foods, and both feeding problems. Additionally, children with total sensory reactivity or auditory filtering sensory reactivity had a higher prevalence of consuming a limited variety of foods. These findings highlight the importance of considering sensory reactivity as a potential predictor of feeding problems.