“…Moreover, this work also comes with a warning that eating with others can have undesirable implications for those wishing to lose or manage their weight , and yet such conditions form the basis of the majority of our eating practices. A further area of research within psychology considers the impact of parenting styles on child feeding practices (Farrow, Galloway, & Fraser, 2009), often driven by a concern with childhood obesity or weight issues (Blissett & Haycraft, 2008;Carper, Fisher, & Birch, 2000;Faith, Scanlon, Birch, Francis, & Sherry, 2004;Wardle, Sanderson, Guthrie, Rapoport, & Plomin, 2002). The parenting styles or strategies typically examined include a range of practices, from encouraging children to finish their food, to controlling the type and amount of food that they eat (Bourcier, Bowen, Meischke, & Moinpour, 2003;Hendy, WIlliams, Camise, Eckman, & Hedemann, 2009;Sleddens, Kremers, De Vries, & Thijs, 2010).…”