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Child adiposity and maternal feeding practices: a longitudinal analysis

Author(s) -

Laura Webber,

Lucy Cooke,

Claire Hill,

Jane Wardle

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

american journal of clinical nutrition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1938-3207

pISSN - 0002-9165

DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.2010.30112

Subject(s) - overweight , body mass index , waist , anthropometry , medicine , longitudinal study , obesity , child obesity , demography , childhood obesity , weight gain , pediatrics , body weight , endocrinology , pathology , sociology

Parental control has been hypothesized to cause weight gain in children by weakening self-regulatory processes. However, most studies that link control with weight have been cross-sectional, and therefore causation is uncertain. It remains possible that parental control is a response to child overweight rather than a cause.

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