Conceptualizing and Measuring Appetite Self-Regulation and its Development in Infancy and Childhood

Catherine Russell, Alan Russell

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Abstract

Effective self-regulation is important for children’s healthy growth and development across a number of domains, including appetite. The development of appetite self-regulatory (ASR) abilities during infancy and childhood can assist with the selection and consumption of healthy foods in appropriate amounts and therefore promote healthy growth and development.

There is increasing evidence about biological (e.g. neuroendocrinal, neurocognitive, sensory systems) and psychoneurological processes involved in appetite regulation and appetite self-regulation, and scope for this knowledge to be applied to processes in ASR and its development in childhood. There is also increasing evidence about fundamental processes in child development in areas such as executive function, inhibitory control and impulsivity with scope for application and integration into the development of ASR, particularly within biopsychosocial frameworks. At present, there are limited models of components and processes in appetite self-regulation in childhood, as well as a need for better construct definition and measurement, and greater attention to trajectories and processes in developmental change.

This Research Topic aims to draw contributions from multiple disciplines that can make theoretical and empirical contributions about the origins, processes and development of ASR in infancy and during childhood. The focus includes food approach aspects of ASR as well as food avoidance. Relevant disciplines include nutrition and food sciences, human/child development, neuropsychology, pediatrics, sensory systems, the psychobiology of appetite, and biological sciences including ingestive behaviors, gastro-endocrinology, and neuroendocrinology.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLausanne
PublisherFrontiers Media S.A.
Number of pages105
ISBN (Electronic)978-2-83250-098-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Publication series

NameFrontiers Research Topics
ISSN (Electronic)1664-8714

Keywords

  • phenotypes
  • Appetite regulation
  • Eating behavior
  • Self-regulation
  • Measurement

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