The present prospective study investigated a comprehensive model of family stress to
explain changes in young children's diet quality from age 3 to 5 years. The direct …

Chronic stress is known to influence dietary choices, and stressed families often report
poorer diet quality; however, little is known about how family-based stress is linked with …

Rapid weight gain during infancy and obesity during early childhood may lead to adverse
health outcomes during later childhood and into adulthood, especially in families …

Introduction: Dietary habits and physical activity are often the focus of obesity prevention
programmes and involving parents in such programmes has proven to be effective. The …

BACKGROUND: Research suggests that stress and depressed mood are associated with
food-related parenting practices (ie, parent feeding practices, types of food served at meals) …

Background The family environment is influential for a child's healthy development through
parent and sibling influences on feeding practices. Multiple-child households may protect …

Background: There has been limited examination of the association between parenting
stress and child weight-related behaviors. We aimed to determine whether parenting stress …

Adequate dietary quality is necessary for children's appropriate development and may be
influenced by family factors. This study with 24 healthy 3–5-year-old children assessed the …

Parental feeding practices have been associated with children's dietary intakes, yet the
directionality of these associations remains unclear. Among 1172 mother-child pairs from …

Family meals are beneficial for youth healthy development. However, parents' experiences
of daily stressors may hinder their capacity to facilitate family meals, serve healthful foods …