ReviewNutrients2019
A Biopsychosocial Model of Sex Differences in Children's Eating Behaviors.
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76 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 108 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sex differences in response to lifestyle intervention among children and adolescents: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Pooled it
- Boys and girls differ in their rationale behind eating: a systematic review of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations in dietary habits across countries.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Relationship Between Fruit and Vegetables Intake and Common Mental Disorders in Youth: A Systematic Review.Public health reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Transtheoretical model-based nutritional interventions in adolescents: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- A brief bout of moderate intensity physical activity improves preadolescent children's behavioral inhibition but does not change their energy intake.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Trial
- Using Mobile Technology for Family-Based Prevention in Families with Low Incomes: Lessons from a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Childhood Obesity Prevention Program.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2024Trial
- Food Properties and Individual Characteristics Influence Children's Intake Across Multiple Days of Weighed Assessments in Childcare Programs.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Trial
- Eating Behavior Latent Profiles and Their Associations With Body Composition in Early Childhood: The CORALS Cohort.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Observational
- Associations of Maternal Postpartum Weight Retention and Its Components With Child BMIChildhood obesity (Print) · 2026Article
- Eating Behavior and Eating Habits: From Infancy to Adolescence.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Clock Gene Variants Are Associated with Energy and Macronutrient Intake in Early Childhood and Adulthood.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Impact of School Rurality on Fruit and Vegetable Selection Differs by Sex and Eating Duration for Arizona Schools.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2026Article
- The association between family economic status and nutrient intake among preschool children attending nursery schools in Japan.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
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- How eating behaviours associate to body composition in European adolescents: a cross-sectional analysis from the HELENA study.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
- Associations between household chaos and appetitive traits in preschoolers and preadolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Dietary Habits in Children and Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity in Greece.Hormone research in paediatrics · 2026Article
- Effects of apple form on satiety in 4-6 year-old children: possible evidence of sex differences.Appetite · 2026Article
- Prevalence and interrelationships of cardiometabolic risk factors in Polish adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A socio-ecological lens to segmenting adult's eating behaviour.Nutrition and health · 2025Article
16 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
The prevalence of obesity and eating disorders varies by sex, but the extent to which sex influences eating behaviors, especially in childhood, has received less attention. The purpose of this paper is to critically discuss the literature on sex differences in eating behavior in children and present new findings supporting the role of sex in child appetitive traits and neural responses to food cues. In children, the literature shows sex differences in food acceptance, food intake, appetitive traits, eating-related compensation, and eating speed. New analyses demonstrate that sex interacts with child weight status to differentially influence appetitive traits. Further, results from neuroimaging suggest that obesity in female children is positively related to neural reactivity to higher-energy-dense food cues in regions involved with contextual processing and object recognition, while the opposite was found in males. In addition to differences in how the brain processes information about food, other factors that may contribute to sex differences include parental feeding practices, societal emphasis on dieting, and peer influences. Future studies are needed to confirm these findings, as they may have implications for the development of effective intervention programs to improve dietary behaviors and prevent obesity.
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