ArticleAppetite2020
Early mother-child dyadic pathways to childhood obesity risk: A conceptual model.
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- Maternal depressive symptom trajectories and associations with child feeding.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Household chaos, child temperament, and structure-related feeding practices in toddlerhood: A moderation analysis.Eating behaviors · 2024Article
- Child and Maternal Factors Associated with Feeding Practices in Children with Poor Growth.Nutrients · 2023Article
- The Interdependent Nature of Mother's and Children's Temperament and Eating Behaviors on Weight.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Article
- Malnutrition in mother-child dyads in the Brazilian National Survey on Child Nutrition (ENANI-2019).Cadernos de saude publica · 2023Article
- A prospective study on body image disturbances during pregnancy and postpartum: the role of cognitive reappraisal.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Early maternal sensitivity and markers of physical health: Enduring or transient associations from childhood to adulthood?Developmental psychology · 2022Article
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- Associations between Emotion Regulation, Feeding Practices, and Preschoolers' Food Consumption.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Play & Grow: prospective observational cohort of toddlers to inform obesity prevention, Columbus, Ohio, USA.BMJ open · 2022Observational
- Associations Among Food Delay of Gratification, Cognitive Measures, and Environment in a Community Preschool Sample.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
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- Caregivers' Perceived Emotional and Feeding Responsiveness toward Preschool Children: Associations and Paths of Influence.Nutrients · 2021Article
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Abstract
Understanding the emotional quality of the mother-child dyadic relationship and parent-child feeding interactions may further clarify early developmental pathways to eating behaviours and obesity risk. The quality of parent-child relationships fosters all aspects of child development but has not yet been extensively examined in relation to childhood weight gain. The aim of this paper is to propose a conceptual model, which outlines early mother-child dyadic pathways linking parent-child feeding interactions to child body mass index, where parent-child relationships have a central role. It maps out individual and dyadic mother-child factors (i.e., attachment, child temperament and maternal mental health) that influence the nature and quality of parent-child feeding interactions from infancy to toddlerhood. Our model bridges the gap between research fields by bringing together key maternal and child factors implicated in child development. Understanding early parent-child feeding interactional patterns and their influence on child self-regulation and eating behaviours may be relevant to multidisciplinary approaches toward preventing childhood obesity. High quality quantitative and observational data capturing meaningful parent, child and dyadic level interactions around food contexts, attachment security, maternal mental health, child temperament and self-regulation will help to inform new, aetiologically important, targets for preventative intervention.
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