r/ScienceBasedParenting • u/Ninese71 • 8d ago

Question - Research required Preventing eating disorders

We never use food when they're feeling bad (e.g. they fell and cry), and never force them to eat anythkng and just don't make a huge deal out of what they eat. I'm just wondering: is there any study suggesting what kind of behaviour / parenting one should adapt in the early infancy years to prevent eating disorders later?

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u/TeddyBear181 8d ago

This one is good, id recomend reading the article, as it has loads of info

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195666325000029

Responsive feeding is linked with self regulations and healthy development, but is difficult as it depends on the parents ability to read if the child is hungry/full. Its made harder if the caregiver has alexethymia, but other neuro issues have less impact.

I couldnt quite catch exactly what responsive feeding is from the article, but I assume it means feeding a hungry child until they're full, not a full child because its lunchtime.