Complementary feeding methods have the potential to not only ensure a diet of nutritional
adequacy but also promote optimal food-related behaviours and skills. While the …

Strategies used by parents to restrict children's access to highly palatable but unhealthy
foods have been described collectively as restrictive feeding practices. Ironically, evidence …

In the past several decades, the experimental method has lent deep insights into economics.
One area that has contributed is the experimental study of children, where advances as …

Food insecurity is associated with negative food parenting practices that may promote child
obesity, including pressure to eat and food restriction. Less is known about the relationship …

Background With one in eight preschoolers classified as obese in the USA, childhood
obesity remains a significant public health issue. This study examined rural–urban …

Preschool age is a time when distinct eating behaviours are formed. Eating behaviours have
been associated with underweight and poor growth as well as with overweight. However …

Interventions that promote responsive feeding in early childhood have been shown to
reduce obesity risks. However, interventions mostly target parent-child dyads without …

Background Responsive feeding, when caregivers attend to children's signals of hunger and
satiation and respond in an emotionally supportive and developmentally appropriate way, is …

Background Parents play a key role in shaping children's eating behaviours and self‐
regulation. There is limited data on how maternal weight influences feeding practices in the …

Fussy-eating children often display problematic behaviors around mealtimes, such as
irritation, opposition, or may even throw tantrums. This may lead to reduced food variety and …