Food reinforcement during infancy

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

卷:92

Article

Kong, Kai Ling¹  Epstein, Leonard H.¹ 

[1] Univ Buffalo, Jacobs Sch Med & Biomed Sci, Dept Pediat, 3435 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214 USA

关键词: Obesity;    Food reinforcement;    Infancy;    Development;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.06.031

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Themotivation to eat, as operationalized by measuring how hard some one will work for food, is cross-sectionally and prospectively related to obesity. Persons high in food reinforcement consume more calories, and energy intake mediates the relationship between food reinforcement and obesity. Research has shown avid sucking for milk in early infancy predicts later adiposity, and the relationship between food reinforcement and excess body weight has been observed in infants as young as 9 months of age. New methodological developments in studying food reinforcement in infants and young children provide the first opportunity to study the origin of food reinforcement. This review seeks to provide background on the measurement of food reinforcement, and to present, for the first time, prenatal and postnatal predictors of infant food reinforcement. Lastly, potential mechanisms for an increasing trajectory of food reinforcement throughout development are proposed. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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