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)
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
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
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
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Xiaoning Zhang, Qiong Zhou, Nathaniel Kossi Vivor, Wei Liu, Junli Cao, Sheng Wang
Summary: This study found that childhood eating behaviors and temperament are directly associated with maternal feeding practices and have important implications for childhood overweight and obesity. By examining data from mothers in Eastern China, the study revealed that feeding practices have direct and indirect effects on childhood overweight and obesity through temperament and eating behaviors. The findings of this study could inform the development of intervention programs to prevent childhood overweight and obesity by targeting feeding practices and considering childhood eating behaviors and temperament.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Phillip Dobson, Regan Burney, Derek Hales, Amber Vaughn, Alison Tovar, Truls Ostbye, Dianne Ward
Summary: The study found that the self-efficacy for healthy eating of family child care home (FCCH) providers significantly influenced their diet quality and could buffer the negative impact of stress on diet quality.
JOURNAL OF NUTRITION EDUCATION AND BEHAVIOR
(2021)
Review
Pediatrics
Roshelle M. Payes, Caliste Chong, Christopher Botsko
Summary: Most young children in the United States spend a significant amount of time in early care and education settings. This review emphasizes the importance of implementing nutrition and physical activity standards in these settings to prevent childhood obesity. Pediatricians can play a role in promoting these standards by understanding local child care settings and educating families about the importance of healthy eating and physical activity in early childhood.
CURRENT OPINION IN PEDIATRICS
(2023)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Alessandra Barreiro, Kristine Wolter-Warmerdam, Sandra Friedman, Francis Hickey, Susan Johnson, Juana Marmolejo
Summary: Children with Down syndrome (DS) have higher overweight and obesity rates than typically developing peers. This study found differences in parent feeding practices for children with DS compared to typically developing children, especially in Hispanic and Latino populations. The study also found that higher BMI scores in children with DS were associated with greater perceived child weight and concern about child weight. Hispanic/Latino boys with DS were more likely to have obesity.
Article
Pediatrics
Samir Garg, Mukesh Dewangan, Kavita Patel, C. Krishnendhu, Prabodh Nanda
Summary: A large proportion of young children in developing countries receive inadequate feeding and face frequent infections. Improving feeding practices and management of child illnesses is necessary. Home visits by community health workers (CHWs) have been attempted in many countries, but no studies exist on the scaled-up implementation of the home-based care of young children (HBYC) intervention in India.
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Elizabeth B. Ruzicka, Katherine E. Darling, Amy F. Sato
Summary: Controlling child feeding practices, such as restriction and pressure-to-eat, are associated with child weight status. Restrictive practices are linked to higher child weight, while pressure-to-eat practices are associated with lower child weight. Further research is needed to explore longitudinal effects.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Alice Grady, Jacklyn Kay Jackson, Melanie Lum, Tessa Delaney, Jannah Jones, Jayde Kerr, Maryann Falkiner, Serene Yoong
Summary: This study aimed to understand the factors influencing the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity, and obesity prevention programs in family day care services. The study found that environmental contexts and resources were the main factors affecting implementation, while social influences were also a significant barrier. The quality of qualitative studies was better compared to quantitative and mixed method studies.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Delicia Shu Qin Ooi, Jia Ying Toh, Lucas Yan Bin Ng, Zikang Peng, Supeng Yang, Nurul Syafiqah Binte Said Abdul Rashid, Andrew Anjian Sng, Yiong Huak Chan, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, Yung Seng Lee
Summary: This study evaluated the dietary food groups, nutrient intakes, and eating behaviors of children and adolescents with metabolically healthy or unhealthy obesity phenotypes. The findings showed that children and adolescents with unhealthy obesity consumed less whole grains and polyunsaturated fat, and had lower cognitive dietary restraint. Additionally, the consumption of deep fried food, fast food, and processed convenience food was associated with higher blood pressure. Higher intake of polyunsaturated fat and stronger cognitive dietary restraint were associated with a lower risk of unhealthy obesity phenotype.
Article
Pediatrics
Lucine Francis, Nancy Perrin, Maureen M. Black, Jerilyn K. Allen
Summary: The study found that nutrition training for FCCH providers and participation in the CACFP contribute to higher quality nutrition practices, with CACFP-participating FCCHs having a healthier mealtime environment.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Juan Miguel Benito-Ostolaza, Rebeca Echavarri, Ariadna Garcia-Prado, Nuria Oses-Eraso
Summary: Research suggests that visual stimuli such as happy emojis can nudge children towards choosing healthy snacks. Overweight children are more likely to choose healthy snacks. This method can influence food choices by intervening in non-reflective cognitive processes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Dina Almaatani, Emma Cory, Julie Gardner, Mara Alexanian-Farr, Jessie M. Hulst, Robert H. J. Bandsma, Meta van den Heuvel
Summary: This study examined the relationship between maternal concern about child weight or perceived feeding difficulties and their feeding practices, as well as the moderating role of child temperament and maternal mental health. The findings suggest that higher maternal concern about child weight and feeding difficulties are associated with a greater use of pressure feeding practices. Child effortful control and maternal anxiety also influence the relationship between weight and feeding concerns and the use of pressure feeding practices.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Alison Tovar, Amber E. Vaughn, Jennifer Orlet Fisher, Sara E. Benjamin Neelon, Regan Burney, Kathleen Webster, Tao Liu, Truls Ostbye, Dianne S. Ward
PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
(2019)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Alison Tovar, Maya Vadiyeloo, Truls Ostbye, Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon
PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
(2019)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Alison Tovar, Jill L. Kaar, Karen McCurdy, Alison E. Field, Dana Dabelea, Maya Vadiveloo
BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
(2019)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Dianne S. Ward, Amber E. Vaughn, Regan Burney, Derek Hales, Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon, Alison Tovar, Truls Ostbye
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2020)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Haley W. Parker, Alison Tovar, Karen McCurdy, Maya Vadiveloo
PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
(2020)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Elie Perraud, Haley W. Parker, Alison Tovar, Jill Kaar, Maya Vadiveloo
Summary: Experimental research suggests that passive flavor transfer from maternal diet to the infant via amniotic fluid and breastmilk may improve infant vegetable intake. This study found that maternal vegetable consumption during prenatal and postnatal periods is associated with infant vegetable intake frequency, with consistently high intake linked to more frequent infant vegetable intake.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Karen McCurdy, Kim M. Gans, Patricia Markham Risica, Katelyn Fox, Alison Tovar
Summary: Food insecurity is related to negative food parenting practices and poor child eating behaviors. However, there is no direct association between food insecurity and positive food parenting practices. Children in food insecure households are more likely to be food responsive and enjoy food, but have lower satiety responsiveness. Emotional overeating is not influenced by food security status.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Courtney Barnes, Sze Lin Yoong, Nicole Nathan, Luke Wolfenden, Taya Wedesweiler, Jayde Kerr, Dianne S. Ward, Alice Grady
Summary: This study aimed to assess the feasibility of a web-based program and health promotion officer support on the implementation of healthy eating policies and practices in ECEC centers. Results showed high acceptance rates for the implementation strategies and web program, with intervention centers implementing more healthy eating practices.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Jessica Soldavini, Lindsey Smith Taillie, Leslie A. Lytle, Maureen Berner, Dianne Stanton Ward, Alice Ammerman
Summary: Participation in Cooking Matters for Kids was associated with improvements in self-efficacy and attitudes related to healthy eating and cooking, with significant overall effect sizes.
JOURNAL OF NUTRITION EDUCATION AND BEHAVIOR
(2022)
Article
Pediatrics
Kim M. Gans, Qianxia Jiang, Alison Tovar, Augustine Kang, Meagan McCardle, Patricia M. Risica
Summary: The study found that while family child care providers engage in some positive physical activity and screen time practices, many do not meet best practice guidelines. Further research is needed to understand how to overcome providers' personal and environmental barriers to meeting these guidelines, as well as interventions and supports to address these barriers.
Article
Pediatrics
Alison Tovar, M. Elizabeth Miller, Virginia C. Stage, Jessica A. Hoffman, Emily Hill Guseman, Susan Sisson, Dana Shefet, Sara E. Bejamin-Neelon, Taren Swindle, Saima Hasnin, Marco Beltran
Summary: This study investigated anthropometric data collection and dissemination procedures in Head Start programs. Findings showed that most programs have measurement protocols in place and explain results to parents, which are helpful for supporting children's health. Challenges identified include data accuracy and parental reactions.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Alison Tovar, Katelyn Fox, Kim M. Gans, Patricia Markham Risica, George D. Papandonatos, Andrea Ramirez, Amy A. Gorin, Tayla von Ash, Ernestine Jennings, Kelly Bouchard, Karen McCurdy
Summary: This study aimed to describe the feasibility, acceptability, and results of the Strong Families Start at Home program, a 6-month pilot trial of a home-based food parenting/nutrition intervention. The intervention was delivered with high fidelity, and parents expressed high levels of satisfaction. Positive treatment effects were observed in terms of healthy eating index scores and food parenting practices.
PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Katelyn Fox, Maya Vadiveloo, Karen McCurdy, Patricia Markham Risica, Kim M. Gans, Alison Tovar
Summary: This study used the Self-Determination Theory perspective to examine the socioemotional climate when feeding in ethnically diverse families with low income. The results revealed that caregivers' basic psychological needs (BPN) frustration was positively associated with controlling and chaotic feeding climates. This suggests the importance of considering caregivers' BPN satisfaction when promoting responsive feeding.
JOURNAL OF NUTRITION EDUCATION AND BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Cody D. Neshteruk, Stephanie Mazzucca, Amber E. Vaughn, Deborah J. Jones, Dianne S. Ward
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE REPORTS
(2020)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Katelyn Fox, Kim Gans, Karen McCurdy, Patricia Markham Risica, Ernestine Jennings, Amy Gorin, George D. Papandonatos, Alison Tovar
CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL TRIALS COMMUNICATIONS
(2020)
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.