Publications by authors named "M Herle"

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  • Food fussiness (FF) is when kids are picky eaters and don't want to try new foods, and it's something many parents worry about.
  • This study looked at 4,804 British twins to see what causes food fussiness from being a toddler to a teenager, checking in on them several times as they grew up.
  • The results showed that most of the differences in food fussiness were due to genetics, meaning it's likely passed down from parents, especially as kids got older.
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A variety of parent psychological characteristics (e.g., wellbeing) have been related to children's eating behaviour.

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The focus of mental health research in emerging fields should be driven by the priorities of people with relevant lived experience. Autism and ADHD are childhood-onset neurodevelopmental conditions that are associated with a range of health inequalities, including increased risk for eating disorders. The evidence base for how best to support neurodivergent individuals who experience disordered eating is still in its infancy, but research suggests that existing clinical approaches are not currently fit for purpose.

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Previous research employing the person-centred approach of Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) with parent-reported data of their child's eating behaviour identified four distinct eating profiles in 3-6-year-old children: typical, avid, happy, and avoidant eating (Pickard et al., 2023). In this follow-up study, the same parents were asked to self-report their own eating behaviour (N = 785) and LPA was conducted to determine the latent eating profiles of the parents/caregivers.

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Vitamin B12 (B12) deficiency (B12D) can have detrimental effects on early growth and development. The Austrian newborn screening (NBS) program targets inborn errors of cobalamin metabolism and also detects B12D. Of 59 included neonates with B12D suspected by NBS, B12D was not further investigated in 16 (27%) retrospectively identified cases, not confirmed in 28 (48%), and confirmed in 15 (25%) cases.

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