ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2021
Grazing in children: associations with child's characteristics and parental feeding practices.
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- Evaluation of Grazing Behavior and Its Associations with Obesity, Emotion Regulation Difficulties, and Problematic Smartphone Use in Adolescents with Essential Hypertension.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Associations between parenting styles, feeding practices, and nutritional status in children aged 5-14 years admitted to a tertiary centre in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- "Not Hungry, Yet Always Wanting To Eat": Perceptions and Experiences of Grazing Behavior in Post-Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Patients - A Qualitative Study.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Graze Eating and Obesity: A Conceptualization Within the Spectrum of Disordered Eating.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Conceptualization of Grazing: The Psychometric Properties of The Repetitive Eating Questionnaire (Rep[eat]-Q) Turkish Form.Turk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Nutrition Knowledge and Perspectives of Physical Activity for Pre-Schoolers amongst Early Childhood Education and Care Teachers.Nutrients · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeGrazing is a problematic eating behavior linked with poor weight loss outcomes, disordered eating psychopathology, and psychological distress in the adult population. However, no study assessed this behavior in children. Childhood is an important time frame for the development and maintenance of healthy eating habits, which can be influenced by children's psychological state, eating habits, and parental practices. This study investigates the associations between grazing behavior in children and children's psychological variables (anxiety, depression and withdrawn symptoms, body image dissatisfaction), children eating habits, and parental feeding practices.
methodsIn this cross-sectional study, 330 primary school students (6-10 years old) and their parents completed measures assessing children's grazing, anxiety/depression and withdrawn symptoms, body image dissatisfaction, children eating habits and style, and parental feeding practices.
resultsThe path analysis tested showed that more restrictive parental feeding practices, inappropriate children eating habits, children's anxiety/depression symptoms, and body image dissatisfaction were associated with increased grazing scores (CMIN = 12.679; DF = 11; p = 0.315; RMSEA = 0.025; CFI = 0.990; NFI = 0.935; TLI = 0.982; IFI = 0.991; SRMR = 0.045).
conclusionGrazing tends to occur in a context of children's psychological distress, inappropriate children eating habits, and restrictive parental feeding practices. These variables should be addressed for the improvement of healthy eating habits and in weight-loss interventions for children. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.
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