Biological and Psychosocial Processes in the Development of Children's Appetitive Traits: Insights from Developmental Theory and Research

Nutrients
Catherine G Russell, Alan Russell

Abstract

There has been increasing concern expressed about children's food intakes and dietary patterns. These are closely linked to children's appetitive traits (such as disinhibited eating and food fussiness/neophobia). Research has examined both biological and psychosocial correlates or predictors of these traits. There has been less focus on possible processes or mechanisms associated with children's development of these traits and research that links biological and psychosocial factors. There is an absence of research that links biological and psychosocial factors. In the present article, we outline a model intended to facilitate theory and research on the development of appetitive traits. It is based on scholarship from developmental theory and research and incorporates biological factors such as genetic predispositions and temperament as well as psychosocial factors in terms of parent cognitions, feeding styles and feeding practices. Particular attention is directed to aspects such as emotional eating and feeding, self-regulation of energy intake, and non-shared family environments. We highlight the opportunity for longitudinal research that examines bidirectional, transactional and cascade processes and uses a developmental fram...Continue Reading

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Feb 16, 2019·Obesity Reviews : an Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·Catherine G Russell, Alan Russell
Aug 6, 2019·The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science·Moritz HerleNadia Micali
Dec 6, 2019·Frontiers in Nutrition·Djin Gie Liem, Catherine Georgina Russell
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Mar 11, 2020·The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity·Catherine G Russell, Alan Russell
May 1, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Patricia Inclán-LópezMaría Martínez-Andrés

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