Bidirectional associations between maternal controlling feeding and food responsiveness during infancy

• Main Authors: Sally G. Eagleton (Author), Lenka H. Shriver (Author), Cheryl Buehler (Author), Laurie Wideman (Author), Esther M. Leerkes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Parental controlling feeding styles and practices have been associated with greater food-approaching appetitive behaviors (i.e., food responsiveness) linked to childhood obesity. Recent longitudinal research suggests that this relationship may be reciprocal such that controlling feeding predicts chi...