Excess weight gained during the early years and, in particular, rapid weight gain in the first 2
years of life, are a major risk factors for adult obesity. The growing consensus is that …

Appetitive traits are associated with body weight. Increased understanding of how appetitive
traits evolve from early life could advance research on obesity risk and inform intervention …

Early nutrition has an important influence on a child's proper health and development, and
understanding factors that may be related to desirable dietary patterns is key to improving …

To date, a limited number of studies have examined aspects of food choice values and food
literacy in relation to some aspects of dietary behaviours. The aim of this cross-sectional …

Background Food fussiness (FF) describes the tendency to eat a small range of foods, due
to pickiness and/or reluctance to try new foods. A common behaviour during childhood, and …

Several studies have reported associations between appetitive traits and weight gain during
infancy or childhood, but none have directly compared these associations across both age …

Background Research on feeding in early childhood has focused primarily on parent–child
dyadic interactions, despite parents enacting these practices within the complex dynamic of …

The manifestations of emotional eating are complicated, encompassing both over-and under-
eating. However, little is understood about how emotional over-and under-eating constitute …

Appetitive traits, including food responsiveness, enjoyment of food, satiety responsiveness
and slowness in eating, are associated with childhood body mass index. Change in …

Purpose Appetite can influence children's dietary choices; however, this relationship in
school-aged children is still unclear. We aimed to explore the prospective associations …