Responsive parenting is a caregiving style expected to foster the development of self-
regulation and promote optimal cognitive, social, and emotional development from the …

Children throughout the world are confronted with growth problems ranging from
underweight and stunting to overweight and obesity. The development of healthy eating …

During the first 2 y of life, development is rapid and includes dramatic changes in eating
behavior. Individual patterns of food preferences and eating behaviors emerge and differ …

Background What, when, how, how much, and how often infants are fed have been
associated with childhood obesity risk. The objective of this secondary analysis was to …

Pediatric nurse practitioners are in a key position to help parents learn to effectively feed
their children. Classic research studies, current research, and clinical observations on …

Parents play a critical role in the development of children's eating behaviours and weight
status, serving as providers, models and regulators of the food environment. Many research …

Feeding and parenting are inextricably linked. The complex bidirectional interactions
between parent feeding practices and child eating behaviour shape the early feeding …

Evidence supports the establishment of healthy feeding practices early in life to promote
lifelong healthy eating patterns protective against chronic disease such as obesity. Current …

OBJECTIVE: To assess adherence to infant feeding recommendations among a sample of
infants and toddlers four to 24 months of age in the United States. DESIGN: Descriptive …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the differential changes in average intakes of nutrients and food
groups among higher versus lower table food consumers during the transition from baby …