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Parent-Child influences on child eating self-regulation and weight in early childhood: A systematic review
Many studies have explored the links between child eating, parenting food behaviors, child weight, and self-regulation, however, the evidence on how these elements relate to each other in terms of weight gain risk during early childhood is insufficient. Family feeding behaviors and individual differences in self-regulation within and outside of eating are linked to excessive weight gain. In this systematic review by Grammer et al. (2022), the authors gathered the current body of evidence looking at the links between food parenting behaviors and child eating self-regulation (path 1), child eating self-regulation and weight (path 2)/general self-regulation (path 3), child general self-regulation and food parenting behaviors (path 4)/child weight (path 5), both in a uni- or bi-directional manner. Analysis of the studies showed that child eating self-regulation was linked to child weight and food parenting behaviors, while child general self-regulation was only linked to child weight, with insufficient studies investigating paths 3 and 4. The authors comment that additional research is necessary to elucidate appropriate parental and childhood interventions to combat early childhood obesity and to further understand the mechanisms behind child eating self-regulation. [NPID: Children, executive function, food parenting, obesity, self regulation]
Year: 2022
