Self-regulation and Obesity Prevention

Whitaker, Robert C.; Gooze, Rachel A.

doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.576

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“…Additional research is needed to confirm and extend the evidence base. Multi-disciplinary collaborations between researchers with differing perspectives on children’s growth and development within families is likely to suggest new approaches to childhood obesity prevention [27]. …”

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confidence: 99%

“…Decades of research by developmental scientists demonstrates that positive parent-child relationships support children’s development of self-regulation [18, 19]. There is evidence that children who have lower levels of self-regulation have increased risk for obesity [20–26], but this is an emerging area of research [27], and what is meant by “self-regulation” in relation to children’s risk for obesity varies across studies.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Parent–Child Interaction, Self-Regulation, and Obesity Prevention in Early Childhood

Anderson

Keim

2016

Curr Obes Rep

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This paper describes the epidemiologic evidence linking parent-child relationships, self-regulation, and weight status with a focus on early childhood. The emotional quality of parent-child interactions may influence children’s risk for obesity through multiple pathways. Prospective studies linking observer ratings of young children’s self-regulation, particularly inhibitory control, to future weight status are discussed. Although findings are preliminary, promoting positive relationships between parents/caregivers and young children holds promise as a component of efforts to prevent childhood obesity. Multi-disciplinary collaborations between researchers with training in developmental science and child health should be encouraged.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Parent–Child Interaction, Self-Regulation, and Obesity Prevention in Early Childhood

Anderson

Keim

2016

Curr Obes Rep

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“…The relationship between self-regulation capacity and healthy weight is the most important gap in our understanding of children’s constitutional factors that affect obesity [103]. We have little understanding of the mechanisms linking self-regulation capacity to eating, sleeping, playing, energy balance, and weight.…”

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Early Origins of Child Obesity: Bridging Disciplines and Phases of Development - September 30–October 1, 2010

Christoffel

Wang

Binns

2012

IJERPH

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This report summarizes a conference: “Early Origins of Child Obesity: Bridging Disciplines and Phases of Development”, held in Chicago on September 30–October 1, 2010. The conference was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health and the Williams Heart Foundation, to achieve the conference objective: forging a next-step research agenda related to the early origins of childhood obesity. This research agenda was to include working with an array of factors (from genetic determinants to societal ones) along a continuum from prenatal life to age 7, with an emphasis on how the developing child deals with the challenges presented by his/her environment (prenatal, parental, nutritional, etc.). The conference offered a unique opportunity to facilitate communication and planning of future work among a variety of researchers whose work separately addresses different periods in early life. Over the span of two days, speakers addressed existing, critical research topics within each of the most-studied age ranges. On the final day, workshops fostered the discussion needed to identify the highest priority research topics related to linking varied early factor domains. These are presented for use in planning future research and research funding.

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“…It is key that the program in the preschool is complemented by an improved level of nutrition awareness at home. Elegant studies have shown that toddlers have a “caloristat” of caloric need that is reflected in their ability to self‐regulate their intake: when offered food of high caloric density, they will eat less than when offered the same calories in a low‐density product 24 , 25 . Thus, it is critical that as parents and as day care providers, we determine what and when they eat; they determine how much.…”

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confidence: 99%