Cooking is being promoted as a preventative strategy for numerous health outcomes. However, there has been a reported decline in opportunities for children to learn in the home environment due to parental barriers such as time and concerns around children conducting certain skills. Therefore, this...

Individual differences in child eating self-regulation are associated with excess weight gain and may be explained, in part, by the family feeding environment and a child's general propensity to self-regulate outside of the context of eating (i.e., general self-regulation). Several studies have...

Background There is limited evidence about diet quality and associated factors in a representative population-based sample of preschool-aged children in Finland. Objective The aims of this study were to investigate (1) the extent to which child diet quality and the consumption of health indicator...

Aim: We aim to evaluate weight status in mother-child household pairs and patterns specific to over-nutrition households and double burden households. Methods: We used nationally representative data from the most recent Demographic and Health Survey (2001-2014) in the Middle East & North African...

Background: Early-child-care (ECE) programs may substantially influence child diet quality. Objective: The Study of Nutrition and Activity in Child Care Settings describes the usual food group intake of preschool-aged children attending ECE programs relative to Dietary Guidelines for Americans...

Helping mothers make the healthiest choices for their children when eating out can contribute to preventing the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity, particularly in economically disadvantaged classes. Herein, we tested whether two different nudges (a default option and a social norm...

Background: Stunting affects one-quarter of children <5 y of age, yet little is known about the accuracy of caregivers' perceptions regarding their child's linear growth. Most existing quantitative research on this topic has been conducted in high-income countries and has examined perceptions of children's weight rather than height. Objectives: In rural Ethiopia where linear growth faltering ...

Picky eating in childhood is associated with children's dietary outcomes and parental feeding experiences. The Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ) is a frequently-used parent-report survey that measures children's eating behaviors, including picky eating. Limited work has adapted the CEBQ...

Children with Down syndrome (DS) display a disproportionate number of health challenges, including feeding and swallowing difficulties and food texture sensitivities. To start addressing food texture challenges early in life, the aim of this research was to understand mealtime behaviors and...

Nearly all research on child feeding has focused on mothers. Very little is known about other family members' roles in feeding children nor how mothers engage with these family members regarding child feeding. The objective of this study was to examine mothers' perceptions of other family members' ...