restriction

Question 1

restriction-

Answer 1

Characterised by
1. Restricting access to desired foods/drinks
2. Often high-calorie “treat” foods
Why?
* Response to child weight / health concerns
* Driven by child innate preferences
Common caregiver responses
➢ Overt restriction
➢ Inconsistent restriction- creates confusion, e.g. sometimes you can have chocolate cake and sometimes you cant for example

Question 2

overt restriction-

Answer 2

Fisher and Birch (1999)
Two snacks in daycare
▪Snack 1 available for full duration of snack time
▪Snack 2 only available for a limited duration
* Snack 2
* “I want it!”
* Clapping when available
* Pounding fists on table when access no longer
available
* Consumed more when available
when restricted kids ate more

Question 3

restriction 2.

Answer 3

Birch et al. (2003)
* 197 girls: tested at 5, 7 and 9 years
* Girls eat lunch until full
* Free access food / toys
Found
* Restriction at 5 → eating in the absence of
hunger at 7 and 9
* Especially if overweight
so the parents who reported high levels of restriction, their kids ate more in the absence of hunger, especially if overweight

Question 4

need for specific interventions for parent- child relationship

Answer 4

Pickard et al., 2024-
The results suggested direct links between parent and child eating profiles, with the ‘avid eating’ and ‘avoidant eating’ profiles in parents predicting similar profiles in their children. Feeding practices, such as using food for emotional regulation, providing balanced and varied food, and promoting a healthy home food environment, mediated associations between parent and child eating profiles. This research provides novel evidence to reinforce the need for interventions to be specifically tailored to both the parent’s and child’s eating profiles.