Do breastfeeding history and diet quality predict inhibitory control at preschool age?

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 […]

This 2018 study looked at the bidirectional relationships between maternal feeding practices and their children’s food and satiety responsiveness at 2-5 years old. Jansen et al. recruited 207 mothers who reported their own feeding practices, while their children’s eating behaviors were evaluated at age 2, 3.7, and 5 years. Maternal feeding practices such as higher […]