The Nutritional Psychology of Childhood

The Nutritional Psychology of Childhood is a systematic account of research on the psychological aspects of nutrition in children from birth to adolescence. It deals with two major themes: the development of eating and the effects of malnutrition on the developing child. Robert Drewett discusses the developmental problems that arise with eating and food intake, including nursing and weaning in infancy, the handling of solids and the development of food choice and eating habits. Nutritional problems are considered in children born preterm or small for gestational age, or whose growth is poor, in children who are iron deficient or more generally malnourished, and in children with physical illnesses, including phenylketonuria and cerebral palsy. The development of eating disorders and obesity are also considered. Drawing on research from both developing and industrialised countries, this book will be of interest to students, researchers and professionals in psychology, nutrition and child health.

Robert Drewett is Reader in Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Durham

List of illustrations and table	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Growth and development	p. 3
Energy balance	p. 9
The development of feeding behaviour: infancy	p. 18
Human lactation and the structure of infant feeding	p. 18
Taste and flavour sensitivity	p. 21
The control of energy intake in infancy	p. 25
Feeding problems in milk-fed infants	p. 28
Breast-feeding, health and cognitive development	p. 33
The development of feeding behaviour: weaning onwards	p. 43
Weaning and the development of independent eating skills	p. 43
Food choice and neophobia	p. 49
Food preferences	p. 54
Feeding problems from weaning	p. 60
Born too small or born too soon	p. 69
Growth before birth	p. 69
The development of children born too small	p. 72
The development of children born too soon	p. 83
Nutritional deficiencies	p. 88
Iron deficiency	p. 88
The development of iron deficient children	p. 91
Protein-energy malnutrition	p. 97
Secular trends in intelligence	p. 106
Nutritional aspects of some physical conditions	p. 110
Phenylketonuria	p. 110
Other genetic disorders	p. 117
Cerebral palsy	p. 120
Failure to thrive	p. 123
Criteria for failure to thrive and its epidemiology	p. 123
Explanations of failure to thrive	p. 129
Developmental delay and later cognitive outcomes	p. 140
Other outcomes	p. 144
Adiposity and obesity	p. 148
Adiposity and its correlates	p. 148
The genetics of obesity	p. 158
The development of adiposity	p. 163
Treatment and prevention	p. 178
Adolescence and the eating disorders	p. 186
Eating disorders	p. 186
Body image and dieting	p. 195
Genetic and other risk factors	p. 202
Intergenerational aspects of eating disorders	p. 209
Some concluding thoughts	p. 214
References	p. 221
Index	p. 274
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