SynthesisAppetite2015
Understanding eating in the absence of hunger among young children: a systematic review of existing studies.
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54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 102 citations in OpenAlex.
- Factors Associated with Eating in the Absence of Hunger among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Genetic associations with consumption of palatable foods in the absence of hunger in response to food cues in children.Pediatric obesity · 2025Trial
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- Eating in the absence of hunger: Stability over time and associations with eating behaviours and body composition in children.Physiology & behavior · 2018Trial
- Television food advertisement exposure and FTO rs9939609 genotype in relation to excess consumption in children.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2017Trial
- Randomized Exposure to Food Advertisements and Eating in the Absence of Hunger Among Preschoolers.Pediatrics · 2016Trial
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- Associations between household chaos and appetitive traits in preschoolers and preadolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Protocol for the infant growth and development (iGrowUp) study: the role of food and non-food self-regulation in children's obesity-related risk.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Neural correlates of inhibitory control during a simple food go/no-go task in adolescents varying in familial obesity risk.NeuroImage · 2025Article
- Food intake and eating behaviour during a real-life Snack Scenario in childhood obesity-An experiment using a hidden camera.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Observational
- Stress-induced eating in rural adolescents: Unique variability among boys and adolescents with obesity.Appetite · 2024Article
- PACE: a Novel Eating Behavior Phenotype to Assess Risk for Obesity in Middle Childhood.The Journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Structural Connectivity between Olfactory Tubercle and Ventrolateral Periaqueductal Gray Implicated in Human Feeding Behavior.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024Article
- Switching between foods: A potential behavioral phenotype of hedonic hunger and increased obesity risk in children.Physiology & behavior · 2023Article
- Discordance between assessments of food cue responsiveness: Implications for assessment in youth with overweight/obesity.Appetite · 2023Article
- Ultraprocessed Foods and Obesity Risk: A Critical Review of Reported Mechanisms.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Review
- Child Weight Status: The Role of Feeding Styles and Highly Motivated Eating in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Intake of added sugar, fruits, vegetables, and legumes of Portuguese preschool children: Baseline data from SmartFeeding4Kids randomized controlled trial participants.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundEating in the Absence of Hunger (EAH), or consuming highly palatable foods when satiated, is one behavioral pathway that may lead to childhood obesity. EAH is an objective, laboratory-based measure. A more comprehensive understanding of potential determinants of EAH could inform childhood obesity programs outside of a laboratory setting.
objectiveSystematic review of EAH experiments to identify individual, familial, and societal-level correlates of EAH among children 12 years of age or younger.
design1487 studies were retrieved from five electronic databases (Medline [PubMed], Web of Science, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, PsycINFO). Eligible studies were those that measured EAH as initially operationalized in a laboratory setting enrolling children ≤12 years or reporting age-specific results for children ≤12 years. Only articles written in English were included.
results12 cross-sectional, six prospective, and one behavioral-intervention studies were included in the review. EAH was observable among boys and girls; absolute levels of EAH increased with age; and maternal feeding styles were associated with EAH among girls. The most consistent evidence supported increased levels of EAH among overweight and obese versus normal weight children, both cross-sectionally and prospectively. Two studies supported a genetic component to EAH.
conclusionsStudies enrolling independent samples support a positive association between weight status and EAH among children; studies addressing causality are needed. Other various individual, genetic, and familiar characteristics were associated with EAH, yet studies among more heterogeneous sample populations are needed to confirm findings. Studies addressing societal-level factors related to EAH were absent.
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