Comportamento Alimentar em Crianças e Controlo Parental: Uma Revisão da Bibliografia.

Abstract

In this review of the literature, some factors of eating style and eating habits during children development are described. Although there are some genetic influences, the learning experiences with different tastes and foods in affective and social familial context are important determinants of eating habits and eating behaviour. Parents' child-feeding practices, such as restrictive control and pressure to eat, have in general opposite effects from those expected and are related to the compromise of children's capacity to self regulate energy intake. Obesity and overweight are the results of eating style. Understand eating behaviour and overeating factors is an important step in developing preventive and educative strategies, and to design intervention.