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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"feeding style"”.
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Indulgent caregivers’ feeding style moderated the association between food responsiveness and BMI z-score of preschool children
… many factors that influence obesity, parental feeding styles and child eating behaviors have been confirmed by many researchers to have a strong link with weight status in children. This study seeks to understand the moderation effect of parental feeding styles, if any, on the relationship …
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Eating, Feeding, and Weight in Early Childhood: Investigation of Child Eating Behaviors and Maternal Feeding Style as Influences on Preschoolers' Body Mass Index
… Compared with the vast literature on parent feeding practices, little is known regarding parent feeding styles, and the mechanisms through which child eating behaviors and parent feeding styles influence child body mass index (BMI) remain poorly understood. The current study addressed this …
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Exploring the Relationships Between Mothers' Use of Food to Soothe, Feeding Type and Mode, Maternal Feeding Style, Infant Behavior, and Infant Weight-Related Outcomes During Early Infancy
… trajectories, the modifiable factor of parent feeding practices can also have an influence. The use of food to soothe (FTS), or the act of feeding a child when he/she is upset for reasons other than hunger, has been associated with unhealthy eating behaviors and less-favorable weight outcomes …
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The Effect Of Maternal Beliefs And Behavior On The Body Weight Status Of Preschool-Aged Children
… to the eating and mealtime environment. Maternal feeding styles play an integral role in how children are socialized to the eating and mealtime environment.</p> <p> The purpose of the this study was to determine the extent to which maternal beliefs and behavior regarding the child's body weight …
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Is Parenting Style Related to Overweight in Mexican or Mexican-American Preschoolers?
… their early eating habits. Certain parenting styles have been associated with improved health outcomes in children. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship of parenting styles and feeding practices to the Mexican or Mexican-American preschool child's risk of overweight. …
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The Ape Ecological Niche: Posture and Hand Use in Gibbons and Macaques and the Influence of Manual Skill on Cognitive Development in Apes and Humans
… suspensory orthogrady, then we may predict ape feeding style will differ significantly from that of pronograde monkeys, allowing them to access foods in unique ways. Using sympatric white-handed gibbons, <italic>Hylobates lar<italic>, representative of orthograde apes, and pig-tailed macaques, …
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Priming, social norms, and eating behavior: An investigation of the impact of food advertisements and norms on consumption
… (parental monitoring, modeling, restrictive feeding style). Participants were 196 children between the ages of 8 and 11 years old, and 63 of their parents. Results showed that advertising did not affect eating behavior, but being with others did significantly increase food consumption. Of the …
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Redefining the Treptichnus pedum zone at the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP): A critical reassessment of the Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary.
… matground ecology are also present. Farming feeding styles are utilized by the Gyrolithes scintillus ichnoguild, and mat grazing remains a common feeding style. These ichnotaxa provide valuable insight into the very beginnings of vertical, penetrative burrowing. They further illuminate the …
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Characterization, drivers, and outcomes of picky eating behavior in the STRONG Kids 2 longitudinal birth cohort study
… of introduction to solid foods (ISF), parental feeding practices, and home food availability; and 4) associate the longitudinal patterns of picky eating, as it is perceived by caregivers, to the outcomes of BMI trajectory and food intake. Participants were 164 parent-child dyads enrolled in the …
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Understanding How Whole Genome Duplication in Plants Impacts Herbivore-plant Interactions
… that suggest WGD affects insect herbivores feeding on polyploids, this approach also confounds the effects of WGD and evolutionary change in established polyploids. As a result, a critical gap in our understanding is to discern the direct effects of plant polyploidy on herbivore-plant …
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Head Start and child care providers' feeding practices: a potential avenue for obesity prevention in young children
… national organizations have recommended specific feeding practices for child care providers to be implemented at the state-level to prevent early childhood obesity in preschool children. Although over 12 million US children in child care consuming up to 5 meals and snacks per day in such settings, …