Predictors of disinhibited eating in children with and without overweight

Moens, Ellen; Braet, Caroline

doi:10.1016/j.brat.2006.10.001

Cited by 88 publications

(98 citation statements)

References 32 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The results of this study align with previous work in older children reporting that EAH increases with age 5,6,[9][10][11]15 and is associated with increased adiposity. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] The results also align with work in infants showing that parent-reported greater food responsiveness predicts greater prospective weight gain from ages 3 to 15 months. 34 Although older children showed positive affect at food presentation, this positive affect was not associated with greater BMIz at 33 months.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 81%

“…1 The continued consumption of foods past satiety, referred to as eating in the absence of hunger (EAH), 2 is correlated with greater food responsiveness and enjoyment, and less satiety responsiveness, 3 as well as greater adiposity. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Interventions that reduce responsiveness to food cues [16][17][18] have been shown to reduce EAH, but interventions that increase children's awareness of hunger and satiety cues had no effect. 16 Thus, EAH may primarily reflect food enjoyment and responsiveness as opposed to sensitivity to hunger and satiety cues.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Eating in the Absence of Hunger and Weight Gain in Low-income Toddlers

et al. 2016

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

To identify predictors of eating in the absence of hunger (EAH) in low-income toddlers, describe affect during EAH, test EAH as a predictor of body mass index (BMI), and examine the type of food eaten as a predictor of BMI.METHODS: EAH, indexed as kilocalories (sweet, salty, and total) of palatable foods consumed after a satiating meal, was measured (n = 209) at ages 21, 27, and 33 months. Child gender, age, race/ethnicity, and previous exposure to the foods; maternal education and depressive symptoms; and family chaos, food insecurity, and structure were obtained via questionnaire. Child and mother BMI were measured. Child affect was coded from videotape. Linear regression was used to examine predictors of EAH and the association of kilocalories consumed and affect with 33 month BMI z-score (BMIz). RESULTS:Predictors of greater total kilocalories included the child being a boy (P < .01), being older (P < .001), and greater maternal education (P < .01). Being in the the top quartile of sweet kilocalories consumed at 27 months and showing negative affect at food removal had higher BMIz (β = 0.29 [95% confidence interval 0.10 to 0.48] and β = 0.34 [95% confidence interval, 0.12 to 0.56], respectively).There was no association of salty kilocalories consumed or positive affect with BMIz. CONCLUSIONS:There was little evidence that maternal or family characteristics contribute to EAH. EAH for sweet food predicts higher BMIz in toddlerhood. Studies investigating the etiology of EAH and interventions to reduce EAH in early childhood are needed.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 81%

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Eating in the Absence of Hunger and Weight Gain in Low-income Toddlers

et al. 2016

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In experimental studies, emotional eaters have been found to consume more sweet and fatty foods (93)(94)(95) in response to stress. Although there are fewer studies of child populations, the conclusions are often similar: emotional eating was associated with high intake of sweet and/ or fatty food in both observational (85,(96)(97)(98) and laboratory studies (95,(99)(100)(101) . Although these observational studies were cross-sectional, several were conducted on large samples and showed strong association (96)(97)(98)(99) .…”

Section: Nutrition Research Reviewsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of emotion regulation in childhood obesity: implications for prevention and treatment

et al. 2016

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Stress and negative emotions pose a major threat to public health, by increasing the risk of obesity. Since the management process for emotions (emotion regulation; ER) is developed in childhood, we present a novel conceptual framework model for the role of ER in the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity. A narrative review of the literature by electronic database search (MEDLINE, Web of Knowledge and Scopus) was conducted of observational and interventional/experimental literature on ER and obesity and the underlying concepts. We also present an overview of ER intervention techniques. Our model indicates that childhood ER is a link between stress and obesity. Stress along with ineffective ER leads to abnormal cortisol patterns, emotional eating, sedentary lifestyle, reduction of physical activity, and sleep problems. Simultaneously, a healthy lifestyle could show benefits on ER and in developing adaptive ER strategies. In the development of obesity and ER, parents also play a role. By contrast, effective ER skills decrease obesity-related unhealthy behaviour and enhance protective factors, which boost health. The literature contains some observational studies of children but very few intervention studies, most of which are pilot or on-going studies. In conclusion, encouraging effective ER could be a useful new approach for combating and treating childhood obesity. Future ER intervention studies are needed to confirm the validity of this model in children.

show abstract

“…The Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC; March, 1998) was used to assess anxiety and has good reliability and concurrent validity with clinical interviews of anxiety disorders (Wood, Piacentini, Bergman, McCracken, & Barrios, 2002). Children completed the Emotional Eating scale of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ; Wardle, 1987), which has been used with youth in previous studies (e.g., Braet, Tanghe, Decaluwe, Moens, & Rosseel, 2004;Moens & Braet, 2007). The Perception of Teasing Scale-Revised (Thompson, Cattarin, Fowler, & Fisher, 1995), which has shown good reliability and validity in the assessment of appearance-related teasing in youth .…”

Section: Self-report Questionnairesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Eating disorder pathology among overweight treatment-seeking youth: Clinical correlates and cross-sectional risk modeling

Eddy

Tanofsky‐Kraff

Thompson‐Brenner

et al. 2007

Behaviour Research and Therapy

113

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Preliminary research suggests that pediatric overweight is associated with increased eating disorder pathology, however, little is known about which overweight youth are most vulnerable to eating disorder pathology. We therefore investigated 122 overweight treatment-seeking youth to describe eating disorder pathology and mental health correlates, and to identify psychopathological constructs that may place overweight youth at increased risk for eating disorder pathology. Youth participated in a comprehensive assessment of eating disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, general psychopathology, and risk variables involving semi-structured clinical interviews and self-and parent-report questionnaires prior to the initiation of weight-loss treatment. Ten youth met criteria for an eating disorder, and over one-third endorsed recent binge eating. Eating disorder pathology was associated with depressive and anxious symptoms (p'so0.001). Structural equation modeling indicated increased negative affect, teasing experience, and thin-ideal internalization, and decreased perfectionism were associated with increased eating disorder pathology. Findings corroborate earlier work indicating that eating disorder pathology is elevated and clinically significant in overweight treatment-seeking youth, bolstering the need for mental health assessment of such individuals. Cross-sectional modeling proposed key variables that relate to eating disorder pathology in overweight treatment-seeking youth, which following prospective replication, may inform the development of effective interventions for overweight and eating disorders. r

show abstract

Predictors of disinhibited eating in children with and without overweight

Cited by 88 publications

References 32 publications

Eating in the Absence of Hunger and Weight Gain in Low-income Toddlers

Eating in the Absence of Hunger and Weight Gain in Low-income Toddlers

The role of emotion regulation in childhood obesity: implications for prevention and treatment

Eating disorder pathology among overweight treatment-seeking youth: Clinical correlates and cross-sectional risk modeling

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About