TY - JOUR
T1 - Caregiver influences on eating behaviors in young children a scientific statement from the american heart association
AU - Council on Epidemiology and Prevention
AU - Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young
AU - Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing and Stroke Council
AU - American Heart Association Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health
AU - Wood, Alexis C.
AU - Blissett, Jacqueline M.
AU - Brunstrom, Jeffrey M.
AU - Carnell, Susan
AU - Faith, Myles S.
AU - Fisher, Jennifer O.
AU - Hayman, Laura L.
AU - Khalsa, Amrik Singh
AU - Hughes, Sheryl O.
AU - Miller, Alison L.
AU - Momin, Shabnam R.
AU - Welsh, Jean A.
AU - Woo, Jessica G.
AU - Haycraft, Emma
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors.
PY - 2020/5/18
Y1 - 2020/5/18
N2 - A substantial body of research suggests that efforts to prevent pediatric obesity may benefit from targeting not just what a child eats, but how they eat. Specifically, child obesity prevention should include a component that addresses reasons why children have differing abilities to start and stop eating in response to internal cues of hunger and satiety, a construct known as eating self-regulation. This review summarizes current knowledge regarding how caregivers can be an important influence on children’s eating self-regulation during early childhood. First, we discuss the evidence supporting an association between caregiver feeding and child eating self-regulation. Second, we discuss what implications the current evidence has for actions caregivers may be able to take to support children’s eating self-regulation. Finally, we consider the broader social, economic, and cultural context around the feeding environment relationship and how this intersects with the implementation of any actions. As far as we are aware, this is the first American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement to focus on a psychobehavioral approach to reducing obesity risk in young children. It is anticipated that the timely information provided in this review can be used not only by caregivers within the immediate and extended family but also by a broad range of community-based care providers.
AB - A substantial body of research suggests that efforts to prevent pediatric obesity may benefit from targeting not just what a child eats, but how they eat. Specifically, child obesity prevention should include a component that addresses reasons why children have differing abilities to start and stop eating in response to internal cues of hunger and satiety, a construct known as eating self-regulation. This review summarizes current knowledge regarding how caregivers can be an important influence on children’s eating self-regulation during early childhood. First, we discuss the evidence supporting an association between caregiver feeding and child eating self-regulation. Second, we discuss what implications the current evidence has for actions caregivers may be able to take to support children’s eating self-regulation. Finally, we consider the broader social, economic, and cultural context around the feeding environment relationship and how this intersects with the implementation of any actions. As far as we are aware, this is the first American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement to focus on a psychobehavioral approach to reducing obesity risk in young children. It is anticipated that the timely information provided in this review can be used not only by caregivers within the immediate and extended family but also by a broad range of community-based care providers.
KW - AHA Scientific Statements
KW - Appetite regulation
KW - Caregivers
KW - Child
KW - Pediatric obesity
KW - Preschool
KW - Satiation
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U2 - 10.1161/JAHA.119.014520
DO - 10.1161/JAHA.119.014520
M3 - Article
C2 - 32389066
AN - SCOPUS:85084936227
SN - 2047-9980
VL - 9
JO - Journal of the American Heart Association
JF - Journal of the American Heart Association
IS - 10
M1 - e014520
ER -