The correlation between different operationalisations of parental restrictive feeding practices and children's eating behaviours : Systematic review and meta-analyses
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Say, Anna, de la Piedad Garcia, Xochitl and Mallan, Kimberley M.. (2023). The correlation between different operationalisations of parental restrictive feeding practices and children's eating behaviours : Systematic review and meta-analyses. Appetite. 180, p. Article 106320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.106320
Authors | Say, Anna, de la Piedad Garcia, Xochitl and Mallan, Kimberley M. |
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Abstract | Strategies used by parents to restrict children's access to highly palatable but unhealthy foods have been described collectively as restrictive feeding practices. Ironically, evidence shows these practices may foster maladaptive eating behaviours and increase children's risk of obesity. This systematic review and series of meta-analyses aim to estimate the relationships between different operationalisations of parental restrictive feeding practices and children's eating behaviours measured by either the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (Wardle et al., 2001) or eating in the absence of hunger paradigm. PsycINFO, Medline Complete, CINAHL, Scopus and Web of Science databases were searched on April 22nd 2021 for terms relating to restrictive feeding practices, children and eating behaviours. Eligible studies (n = 24) reported a correlation between restrictive feeding and children's (2-12-years) eating behaviours. Meta-analyses were conducted on different operationalisations of restrictive feeding practices and different eating behaviours where there were three or more effects to analyse. Studies that were not meta-analysed were synthesised qualitatively. All studies were quality assessed using a standard checklist. Restrictive feeding (Child Feeding Questionnaire; Birch et al., 2001), was significantly correlated with higher food responsiveness, food fussiness, emotional overeating, and lower slowness in eating. Overt restriction (Feeding Practices and Structure Questionnaire, E. Jansen et al., 2014) was significantly correlated with higher food responsiveness. The qualitative synthesis suggests overt restriction is related to maladaptive eating behaviours, but that other operationalisations of restrictive feeding, especially covert restriction, are not. Future research should examine whether covert restriction provides an alternative, non-harmful approach to restriction, by which parents can control children's diet quality without negatively impacting their eating behaviours. |
Keywords | restrictive feeding practices; overt restriction; covert restriction; children’s eating behaviours; eating in the absence of hunger |
Year | 2023 |
Journal | Appetite |
Journal citation | 180, p. Article 106320 |
Publisher | Elsevier Ltd |
ISSN | 0195-6663 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.106320 |
PubMed ID | 36210017 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85140477125 |
Page range | 1-12 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 27 Oct 2022 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 23 Sep 2022 |
Deposited | 24 Apr 2025 |
Additional information | © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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