Infant feeding and child fussy eating: The Generation R Study.

Fussy/picky eating - i.e. consistently avoiding certain foods - is common in childhood and can be worrisome for parents.

Bi-directional associations between child fussy eating and parents' pressure to eat: Who influences whom?

Background: Fussy eating is common in young children, often raising concerns among parents. The use of pressuring feeding practices may provoke or worsen child fussiness, but these practices could equally be a parent's response to child fussy eating.

Objective: In longitudinal analyses, we assessed directionality in the relation between fussy eating and parent's pressure to eat across childhood.

Maternal history of eating disorders: Diet quality during pregnancy and infant feeding.

We studied associations of maternal history of eating disorders (EDs) with diet quality of pregnant women and their infants, and breastfeeding practices. We included 6196 mother-child pairs from Generation R, a population-based cohort in the Netherlands. Maternal history of lifetime EDs was assessed during pregnancy with a questionnaire.

Behavioral outcomes of picky eating in childhood: a prospective study in the general population.

Background: Picky eaters in the general population form a heterogeneous group. It is important to differentiate between children with transient picky eating (PE) and persistent PE behavior when adverse outcomes are studied. We analyzed four PE trajectories to determine the associations with child mental health prospectively.

Are parents' anxiety and depression related to child fussy eating?

Objective: To examine the association between parental anxiety and depression with child fussy eating-that is, consistent rejection of particular food items.

Design: This study was embedded in Generation R, a prospective cohort from fetal life onwards in the Netherlands.

Setting: Population-based.

Longitudinal association between preschool fussy eating and body composition at 6 years of age: The Generation R Study.

Background: Children's fussy eating behavior has been related to both underweight and overweight in cross-sectional studies, but the direction of these associations and the relation with more detailed measures of body composition remains unclear. We aimed to examine whether fussy eating at age 4 years is longitudinally related to body mass index (BMI), fat mass index (FMI) and fat-free mass index (FFMI) at 6 years of age.

Methods: This study was embedded in Generation R, a population-based, prospective cohort.

Does maternal history of eating disorders predict mothers' feeding practices and preschoolers' emotional eating?

We aimed to examine whether a maternal history of eating disorders predicted mothers' feeding practices and preschoolers' emotional eating patterns. Data were available from 4851 mothers and their children, who participated in a Dutch population-based cohort study (the Generation R Study). Maternal history of lifetime eating disorders was assessed during pregnancy using a self-report questionnaire.