Associations of parental food-choice control and use of food to soothe with adiposity in childhood and adolescence.

CONCLUSIONS: Contrary to some studies, higher parental control over food choice was associated with lower adiposity, but use of food to soothe was not associated with adiposity at ages 7 and 15.
PMID: 28215545 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Appetite - February 15, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: Chong SY, Chittleborough CR, Gregory T, Lynch JW, Mittinty MN, Smithers LG Tags: Appetite Source Type: research