Overall, restrictive eating was the only feeding practice that linked parent and child emotional eating.
Lower socioeconomic status is associated with a higher risk of psychological distress. The increase in psychological distress is, in turn, associated with higher levels of emotional eating and obesity risks.
Unlike food fussiness, genetics only plays a small part in a young child's emotional eating patterns. Researchers say emotional eating is influenced by parents and the home environment.
Researchers report a weight loss dampens the response to food cues in areas of the brain associated with emotion and attention.
