SynthesisMaternal & child nutrition2016
Communicating hunger and satiation in the first 2 years of life: a systematic review.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Infant formula feeding practices associated with rapid weight gain: A systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Pooled it
- Communicating hunger and satiation in the first 2 years of life: a systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2016Pooled it
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- The Kumagai Method Using the Pigeon Long Nipple for Dealing With Various Movements While Bottle Feeding Children With Cleft Lip And/or Palate: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Autism Observation Scale for Infants: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Samples at Increased Likelihood of Autism Spectrum Disorders.Review journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Review
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- Feeding-Related Early Signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Narrative Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- Maternal depressive symptom trajectories and associations with child feeding.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Awareness and Support of Responsive Bottle Feeding Among WIC Counselors and Caregivers: A Formative Qualitative Study.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2024Article
- Comparison of mothers' perceptions of hunger cues in 3-month-old infant under different feeding methods.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Sequential mediation of early temperament and eating behaviors in the pathways from feeding practices to childhood overweight and obesity.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Counseling parents about child feeding: a qualitative evaluation of French doctors and health/childcare professionals' experiences and perception of a brochure containing new recommendations.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Integration of Time-Based Recommendations with Current Pediatric Health Behavior Guidelines: Implications for Obesity Prevention and Treatment in Youth.Current obesity reports · 2022Review
- Infant Distress in a Food Delay Task Changes With Development and Predicts Amount Consumed.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Associations between mothers' use of food to soothe, feeding mode, and infant weight during early infancy.Appetite · 2022Article
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Abstract
Responsive feeding has been identified as important in preventing overconsumption by infants. However, this is predicated on an assumption that parents recognise and respond to infant feeding cues. Despite this, relatively little is understood about how infants engage parental feeding responses. Therefore, the aim of this systematic review was to identify what is known about infant communication of hunger and satiation and what issues impact on the expression and perception of these states. A search of Medline, CINAHL, Web of Science, PsycINFO, Science Direct and Maternal and Infant care produced 27 papers. Eligibility criteria included peer reviewed qualitative and/or quantitative publications on feeding behaviours, hunger, and satiation/satiety cues of typically developing children in the first 2 years of life. Papers published between 1966 and 2013 were included in the review. The review revealed that feeding cues and behaviours are shaped by numerous issues, such as infants' physical attributes, individual psychological factors and environmental factors. Meanwhile, infant characteristics, external cues and mothers' own characteristics affect how feeding cues are perceived. The existing literature provides insights into many aspects of hunger and satiation in infancy; however, there are significant gaps in our knowledge. There is a lack of validated tools for measuring hunger and satiation, a need to understand how different infant characteristics impact on feeding behaviour and a need to extricate the respective contributions of infant and maternal characteristics to perceptions of hunger and satiation. Further research is also recommended to differentiate between feeding driven by liking and that driven by hunger.
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