This narrative review discusses the origins and development of appetite self-regulation
(ASR) in childhood (from infancy to age 6 or 7 years). The origins, or foundations, are the …

Background In developmental science, there is an extensive literature on non-food related
self-regulation in childhood, where several domains relating to emotions, actions and …

Appetitive traits that contribute to appetite self-regulation have been shown to relate to non-
food-related regulation in general domains of child development. Latent profile analysis …

Objective This paper reviews the state of the science on psychological and neural
contributions to appetite self‐regulation in the context of obesity. Methods Three content …

Child eating self-regulation refers to behaviors that enable children to start and stop eating
in a manner consistent with maintaining energy balance. Perturbations in these behaviors …

The purpose of the present study was to examine relationships between child eating self-
regulation, child non-eating self-regulation, and child BMIz in a low-income sample of …

Individual differences in child eating self-regulation are associated with excess weight gain
and may be explained, in part, by the family feeding environment and a child's general …

Identifying the underlying child-eating behaviours that contribute to weight differences
across growth has been a constant challenge. This report reviews the various literature …

Objective Dual-pathway models propose that loss of control over eating (LOC) is the result of
an imbalance between weaker regulatory and stronger reactive processes. However, these …

Intake of energy‐dense snack foods is high among US children. Although the use of
restrictive feeding practices has been shown to be counterproductive, there is very limited …