Bidirectional associations between mothers’ feeding practices and child eating behaviours

Breastfeeding is linked to developing healthy dietary patterns and executive functions, including inhibitory control, which is the ability to manage spontaneous behaviors. Inhibitory control is involved in several physical and mental health domains, such as substance dependance or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. In this longitudinal study by Willemsen et al. (2021), the authors examined the […]

While childhood obesity is an expensive public health concern, Neic et al. (2020) explain that it is preventable and the child’s risk can be potentially reduced by strengthening the parent-child relationship and by showing parents strategies to deal with their child’s general and health-related behaviors. Parents seeking to eliminate their child’s risk factors may benefit […]