Examining links between child temperament and feeding, eating, and weight outcomes: An updated systematic review of the literature

Tauriello, Sara; Moding, Kameron J.; Aronoff, Nell; Kubiniec, Elizabeth; Anzman‐Frasca, Stephanie

doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101739

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“…Nonetheless, our findings did not reveal a link between surgency and either supportive or non-supportive caregiver responses to a child's negative emotions, indicating that the impact of surgency on EOE may operate independently of these caregiving dimensions. Moreover, it remains unclear which aspects of infant temperamental orienting/regulation may prompt caregivers to respond to their Contrary to our hypotheses and the existing literature, child negative affectivity did not predict subsequent EOE directly or through the effect of caregiver responses to negative emotions (Steinsbekk et al, 2018;Tauriello et al, 2023). It is possible that the inclusion of surgency and orienting/regulation in the model might have attenuated the direct influence of negative emotionality on EOE.…”

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Temperament and emotional overeating: the mediating role of caregiver response to children’s negative emotions

Ju,

Iwinski,

Bost

2024

Front. Psychol.

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ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the mediating effects of caregiver responses to a child’s negative emotions on the associations between infant temperament and emotional overeating in preschool children.MethodA sample of 358 children and their caregivers enrolled in the STRONG Kids 2 (SK2) birth cohort study (N = 468) provided data for this analysis. Caregivers completed questionnaires assessing child temperament at 3 months, caregiver response to negative emotions at 18 months, and child emotional overeating at 36 months. Structural Equation Modeling was conducted using the lavaan package in RStudio to test hypothesized models examining whether the relations between early temperament and subsequent emotional eating were mediated by caregiver responses to a child’s emotions.ResultsFindings revealed that infant temperamental orienting/regulation predicted the later development of emotional overeating through supportive caregiver responses to a child’s negative emotions. Lower levels of orienting/regulation were associated with greater emotional overeating, explained by less supportive caregiver responses to the child’s emotions. Moreover, infant surgency had a positive direct influence on emotional overeating at 36 months. Both supportive and non-supportive caregiver responses to a child’s negative emotions had significant direct influences on emotional overeating.ConclusionThe results highlight the importance of caregiver response to a child’s negative emotions as a mediator between infant temperament and emotional overeating in preschool children. Intervention strategies can be implemented to support caregivers in adopting supportive responses to their child’s negative emotions to promote healthy eating behaviors from early childhood. Future studies are needed to explore these pathways of influences throughout child development.

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“…Early feeding practices have been shown to impact children's regulation of food intake (Farrow et al, 2015;Ramirez-Silva et al, 2021;Tauriello et al, 2023). Parental use of food to regulate emotions predicted greater consumption of sweets under distress in children aged 2-5 years (Blissett et al, 2010).…”

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Temperament and emotional overeating: the mediating role of caregiver response to children’s negative emotions

Ju,

Iwinski,

Bost

2024

Front. Psychol.

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Restrictive, but not instrumental feeding, is associated with Eating in the Absence of Hunger in toddlers: A cross-sectional lab-based study

Riera-Navarro,

Nicklaus

2025

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Biopsychosocial predictors of rapid weight gain from birth to 6 months

Leerkes,

Buehler,

Wideman

et al. 2024

Pediatric Obesity

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SummaryBackgroundChildhood obesity remains a public health crisis and identification of unique prenatal and early infancy predictors of obesity risk are critically needed.ObjectivesWe test a comprehensive biopsychosocial model of the predictors of rapid weight gain (RWG) in the first 6 months of life.MethodsTwo hundred and ninety nine pregnant women and their infants participated. Maternal prenatal psychobiological risk (PPBR) was assessed during the third trimester via maternal anthropometrics, serum biomarkers (insulin, leptin, adiponectin), and maternal report of pregnancy complications, substance use, mental health and stress. Infant stress reactivity was measured at 2 months (cortisol output, resting RSA, observed irritability, negative emotionality). At 2 and 6 months, maternal self‐report of obesogenic feeding practices and observed maternal sensitivity during three tasks were collected. RWG was classified based on change in weight‐for‐age z scores from birth to 6 months (>0.67 SD).ResultsObesogenic feeding practices predicted greater likelihood of RWG, β = 0.30, p = .0.01, independent of other predictors and covariates. Obesogenic feeding practices was the only proposed intervening mechanism that produced a significant indirect effect of PPBR on RWG, b = 0.05, S.E. = 0.04, 95% CI [0.002, 0.15], β = 0.06.ConclusionIdentifying proclivity towards obesogenic feeding practices and providing support to reduce these behaviours may enhance childhood obesity prevention efforts.

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Examining links between child temperament and feeding, eating, and weight outcomes: An updated systematic review of the literature

Cited by 4 publications

References 121 publications

Temperament and emotional overeating: the mediating role of caregiver response to children’s negative emotions

Temperament and emotional overeating: the mediating role of caregiver response to children’s negative emotions

Restrictive, but not instrumental feeding, is associated with Eating in the Absence of Hunger in toddlers: A cross-sectional lab-based study

Biopsychosocial predictors of rapid weight gain from birth to 6 months

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