Parental eating attitudes and the development of obesity in children. The Framingham Children's Study
International Journal of ObesityPublished 1 October 2000
MY Hood, Lynn L. Moore, Anuradha Sundarajan-Ramamurti, Martha R. Singer, L. Adrienne Cupples, R. Curtis Ellison
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It is suggested that parents who display high levels of disinhibited eating, especially when coupled with high dietary restraint, may foster the development of excess body fat in their children.
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This study suggests that parents who display high levels of disinhibited eating, especially when coupled with high dietary restraint, may foster the development of excess body fat in their children. This association may be mediated by direct parental role modeling of unhealthy eating behaviors, or through other indirect, and probably subconscious, behavioral consequences such as the suppression of the child's innate regulation of dietary intake.
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