Maternal discouragement and child intake of a palatable dessert: A multilevel sequential analysis.

Background: Family mealtimes are often marked by parent-child conflict, which may arise when children's eating behaviors do not match parental expectations. Little is known about how children respond to parents' comments to discourage eating.

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the likelihood of a child taking a bite following a maternal statement to discourage child intake.

Do children with obesity have worse table manners? Associations between child table manners, weight status and weight gain.

Background: Children with obesity experience stigma stemming from stereotypes, one such stereotype is that people with obesity are "sloppy" or have poor manners. Teaching children "proper table manners" has been proposed as an obesity prevention strategy. Little is known about the association between children's weight status and table manners.