Childhood obesity and eating behaviour

The prevalence of childhood obesity has increased substantially in the recent decade as a result of the reduction in physical activity and the availability of high-fat and high-energy-density foods which the paediatric population faces daily. Although children are highly exposed to these foods, ther...

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Published inJournal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism Vol. 28; no. 5; pp. 497 - 502
Main Authors Obregón, Ana María, Pettinelli, Paulina P., Santos, Jose Luis
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany De Gruyter 01.05.2015
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subjects
Child
childhood obesity
children eating behaviour
Eating
food preference
Food Preferences
Humans
Obesity - epidemiology
Obesity - etiology
Satiation
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Summary:The prevalence of childhood obesity has increased substantially in the recent decade as a result of the reduction in physical activity and the availability of high-fat and high-energy-density foods which the paediatric population faces daily. Although children are highly exposed to these foods, there is a wide variation in body weight, suggesting the presence of different patterns of response to an “obesogenic” environment. This wide variability from the point of view of eating behaviour involves a number of social issues (e.g., food availability, cost) as well as genuine behavioural traits such as the response to satiety, energy compensation, eating rate, responsiveness to food, food reward and dietary preferences. This article reviews the main physiological variables related to energy intake affecting eating behaviour in the paediatric population.
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ISSN:0334-018X
2191-0251
DOI:10.1515/jpem-2014-0206