Feeding Stressors and Resources Used by Caregivers of Children With Down Syndrome: A Qualitative Analysis.

Background: Challenging eating behaviors or feeding difficulties, commonly displayed in children with Down syndrome (DS), may amplify perceived stress in caregivers. If caregivers lack resources on how to accommodate the needs of the child with DS, they may find feeding the child stressful and resort to negative coping strategies.

Objective: The aim of this study was to understand the feeding stressors, resources, and coping strategies used by caregivers of children with DS.

Parental mindful eating practices and mindful eating interventions are associated with child emotional eating.

The family environment, which involves parent eating behaviors and feeding practices, influences child intake and eating behaviors. Specifically, parental emotional eating or emotional feeding practices may lead to emotional eating in the child. Mindful eating practices may decrease emotional eating behaviors.

The relationship between payer type and lipid outcomes in response to clinical lifestyle interventions in youth with dyslipidemia.

Background: Payer-type (government-sponsored health coverage versus private health insurance) has been shown to influence a variety of cardiovascular disease outcomes in adults. However, it is unclear if the payer-type impacts the response to a lifestyle intervention in children with dyslipidemia.

Methods: We analyzed data prospectively collected from patients under the age of 25 years who were referred to a large regional preventive cardiology clinic from 2010 to 2016 in Massachusetts.