Emotional patterns a factor in children’s food choices

Medical X-Press – Staff Writer

The emotional context in which eating occurs has been thought to influence eating patterns and diet, with studies finding negative emotions predict excessive calorie intake and poor diet quality. A research article featured in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior discusses how children’s unhealthy food choices, especially over weekends, are related to emotion.

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