Eating behaviour and its variability in 1-year-old children

Young, Bridget; Drewett, Robert

doi:10.1006/appe.2000.0346

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“…Consistency in feeding cue development is noteworthy despite approximately 70 years between studies and Gesell and Ilg’s sample of 10 dyads of middle class non-Hispanic White children. Parallels in development of fullness behaviors, though not as varied as those in this study, was also noted in a study of 20 Czech infants over the first 6 months of life (Paul, Dittrichová, & Papoušek, 1996) and 30 approximately year old English infants (Young & Drewett, 2000). …”

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Development of Feeding Cues During Infancy and Toddlerhood

Hodges

Wasser

Colgan

et al. 2016

McN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

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Purpose To enhance responsive feeding, this study aimed to characterize the development of feeding cues during infancy and toddlerhood. Study Design and Methods A secondary analysis was performed on a dataset of first time, low-income African-American mother-infant pairs assessed at infant age 3, 6, 9, 12, and 18 months. A subsample with the 15 highest, middle, and lowest infant body mass index (BMI) Z-scores at 18 months was selected (n=45). Using video-recorded home feedings, early, active, and late receptiveness and fullness cues were assessed using the Responsiveness to Child Feeding Cues Scale at each time point. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize development. Results Early receptiveness cues were relatively rare over time, whereas active receptiveness cues were much more common. However, there were changes over time. For example, settling into the feeding decreased from ~50% at 3 and 6 months to 4.8% by 18 months, whereas postural attention and reaching for food increased after 6 months. In the first six months, falling asleep and decreasing muscle tone and activity level were the most common early fullness cues. Thereafter, taking interest in surroundings was most prevalent. Active fullness cues became increasingly diverse after 6 months, led by more assertive cues such as pushing or pulling away and communicating “no” verbally or non-verbally. Clinical Implications These findings provide an empirical description of waxing and waning in feeding cues and indicate increasing intentionality of cues over the first 18 months of life. Knowing common cues across development may aid clinicians in enhancing parental feeding responsiveness, avoiding overfeeding, thereby decreasing risk of early childhood obesity.

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Development of Feeding Cues During Infancy and Toddlerhood

Hodges

Wasser

Colgan

et al. 2016

McN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

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“…Whilst using a mean score over a number of 367 observations may provide a wider view of mealtime behaviours, these preliminary findings 368 would suggest that mothers' feeding behaviours do not change significantly as they become 369 more accustomed to being observed. This is contrary to research with infants which has 370 suggested variation across mealtimes (Young & Drewett, 2000) but may be related to the 371 older age of the current sample of children or the more in depth analysis of parental feeding 372 practices conducted within this study. While this study's finding does not mean that feeding by the parent, it is noteworthy that the presence of the observer/camera might influence the 379 mother into intentionally modelling more positive behaviours and consciously checking or 380 omitting behaviours which she may consider to be negative.…”

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Parental modelling of eating behaviours: Observational validation of the Parental Modelling of Eating Behaviours scale (PARM)

2015

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Original citation: Palfreyman, Z., Haycraft, E. and Meyer, Caroline. (2015) Parental modelling of eating behaviours : observational validation of the parental modelling of eating behaviours scale (PARM). Appetite, Volume 86. pp. 31-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2014.08.008 Permanent WRAP url: http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/70032 Copyright and reuse:The Warwick Research Archive Portal (WRAP) makes this work of researchers of the University of Warwick available open access under the following conditions. Copyright © and all moral rights to the version of the paper presented here belong to the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners. To the extent reasonable and practicable the material made available in WRAP has been checked for eligibility before being made available.Copies of full items can be used for personal research or study, educational, or not-forprofit purposes without prior permission or charge. Provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way. A note on versions:The version presented here may differ from the published version or, version of record, if you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the 'permanent WRAP url' above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription. maternal self-reports on the PARM with the modelling practices exhibited by these mothers 29 during three family mealtime observations. Relationships between observed maternal 30 modelling and maternal reports of children's eating behaviours were also explored. 31Seventeen mothers with children aged between 2 and 6 years were video recorded at home on 32 three separate occasions whilst eating a meal with their child. Mothers also completed the 33 PARM, the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire and provided demographic 34 information about themselves and their child. Findings provided validation for all three 35 PARM subscales, which were positively associated with their observed counterparts on the 36 observational coding scheme (PARM-O). The results also indicate that habituation to 37 observations did not change the feeding behaviours displayed by mothers. In addition, 38 observed maternal modelling was significantly related to children's food responsiveness (i.e., 39 their interest in and desire for foods), enjoyment of food, and food fussiness. This study 40 makes three important contributions to the literature. It provides construct validation for the 41 PARM measure and provides further observational support for maternal modelling being 42 related to lower levels of food fussiness and higher levels of food enjoyment in their children. 43These findings also suggest that maternal feeding behaviours remain consistent across 44 repeated observations of family mealtimes, providing validation for previous research which 45 has used single observations. 46 47

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“…The 1-y olds have been found to refuse a novel food a median of 11 times, although it has been reported to vary from zero to 89 times per meal. 34 In addition, the number of times children refused food varied markedly from meal to meal. It is clear that at the stage of transition from a liquid to a solid diet food refusal occurs commonly.…”

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Role of parents in the determination of the food preferences of children and the development of obesity

2004

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The role of parental behaviour in the development of food preferences is considered. Food preferences develop from genetically determined predispositions to like sweet and salty flavours and to dislike bitter and sour tastes. Particularly towards the second year of life, there is a tendency to avoid novel foods (neophobia). Food aversions can be learnt in one trial if consumption is followed by discomfort. There is a predisposition to learn to like foods with high-energy density. However, from birth genetic predispositions are modified by experience and in this context during the early years parents play a particularly important role. Parental style is a critical factor in the development of food preferences. Children are more likely to eat in emotionally positive atmospheres. Siblings, peers and parents can act as role models to encourage the tasting of novel foods. Repeated exposure to initially disliked foods can breakdown resistance. The offering of low-energy-dense foods allows the child to balance energy intake. Restricting access to particular foods increases rather than decreases preference. Forcing a child to eat a food will decrease the liking for that food. Traditionally, educational strategies have typically involved attempts to impart basic nutritional information. Given the limited ability of information to induce changes in behaviour, an alternative strategy would be to teach parents about child development in the hope that an understanding of the characteristic innate tendencies and developmental stages can be used to teach healthy food preferences.

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Eating behaviour and its variability in 1-year-old children

Cited by 45 publications

References 32 publications

Development of Feeding Cues During Infancy and Toddlerhood

Development of Feeding Cues During Infancy and Toddlerhood

Parental modelling of eating behaviours: Observational validation of the Parental Modelling of Eating Behaviours scale (PARM)

Role of parents in the determination of the food preferences of children and the development of obesity

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