Katie L Edwards

Biographic Data

ID	6254352
NAME	Katie L Edwards
GIVEN NAMES	Katie L
FAMILY NAME	Edwards
SIGNATURE	EDWARDS K L
AFFILIATIONS	Aston University
ORCID	0000-0003-1076-8382
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	28
TOTAL CITATIONS	46
WORKS AS AUTHOR	28
WORKS AS EDITOR	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	4

Parental use of distraction and portioning to reduce snack intake by children with avid eating behaviour
Open AccessKatie L Edwards, Abigail Pickard et al.ARTICLEAppetite2026References: 31
INTRODUCTION: Children's avid eating behaviour is characterised by frequent snacking and food responsiveness. Parents need evidence-based advice on specific feeding practices, such as distraction techniques and portioning, that can be used to reduce children's intake of high energy-dense snacks. This experimental laboratory study tested the effectiveness of these feeding practices. METHODS: Parents and children (3-5 years; N = 129) who were ident…
Examining social and family contextual differences between parental feeding practice profiles in UK parents of pre-school children
Open AccessHannah Povall, Jacqueline Blissett et al.ARTICLEAppetite2026References: 61
Prior research has utilised person-centred approaches to identify parent feeding profiles distinguished by controlling and structure-based practices, but less research has examined autonomy support-based practices, or how social and family contextual factors differ between feeding profiles. This study aimed to identify profiles of parents with similar patterns of feeding practices and to examine whether profiles differ on family contextual factor…
A recipe for success
Open AccessJason Thomas, Emma Alving-Jessep et al.ARTICLEAppetite2026References: 74
BACKGROUND: Novel and potentially sustainable alternative proteins, such as cultivated meat, face many barriers when entering the consumer market, yet these are less well explored with children and their parents. AIMS: Across two exploratory online cross-sectional studies, we aimed to investigate the factors influencing the likelihood of trying and regularly consuming cultivated meat, with a focus on parents, their children, and the family. METHO…
Parent reports of eating behaviour and feeding practices
Open AccessMar Lozano-Casanova, Katie L Edwards et al.ARTICLEAppetite2026References: 43
Research on parental feeding practices has focused on mothers, often overlooking fathers' perspectives and the influence of child sex. This study examined (1) differences between fathers' and mothers' own eating behaviours, their use of feeding practices, and perceptions of their children's eating behaviours, and (2) the role of child sex in these perceptions and practices. Parents (N = 784; 145 fathers and 639 mothers) of preschoolers (3-5 years…
Validating the children's eating behaviour questionnaire in a UK sample
Open AccessMar Lozano-Casanova, Silvia Escribano et al.ARTICLEAppetite2026References: 58
Daily manifestations of Children's avid eating behaviour and associations with temperament, parental feeding practices and wellbeing
Open AccessAbigail Pickard, Katie L Edwards et al.ARTICLEAppetite2025Cited by: 2References: 46
Recent evidence has identified four distinct eating profiles in 3-5-year-old children in the UK: avid, happy, typical, and avoidant. Among these profiles, children with avid eating behaviour exhibit high responsiveness to food cues, emotional eating, fast eating speed, and low responsiveness to fullness, posing risks for overeating and higher adiposity. Despite the implications, there is limited research on how avid eating manifests and impacts p…
The effect of Position and Availability interventions on adolescents’ food choice
Open AccessKatie L Edwards, Jacqueline Blissett et al.ARTICLEAppetite2025Cited by: 1References: 26
Interventions that alter characteristics of the food environment have been found to reduce energy intake in adults. However, few studies have examined the effect of Availability (reducing the number of higher energy options) and Position (altering the order of options) interventions on food choices by younger populations. Hence, this study examined the individual and combined effects of Availability and Position interventions on adolescents' ener…
Examining momentary predictors of parental use of structure-based and autonomy support feeding practices with children with avid eating behaviour
Open AccessKatie L Edwards, Abigail Pickard et al.ARTICLEAppetite2025
Validation of the Teddy the Bear hunger and satiety rating scale in 3-5-year-old children
Open AccessKatie L Edwards, Abigail Pickard et al.ARTICLEAppetite2025References: 16
Using validated measures to assess children's hunger and satiety is important for eating behaviour research. Pictorial rating scales, such as the Teddy the Bear hunger and satiety rating scale (Bennett & Blissett, 2014), provide a child-friendly approach to assess hunger and satiety. The Teddy the Bear scale has been validated for use with primary school aged children (5-9 years); however, the scale has not been validated for use with preschooler…
Understanding family food purchasing behaviour of low-income urban UK families
Open AccessCassandra Screti, Katie Edwards et al.ARTICLEAppetite2024Cited by: 6References: 39
OBJECTIVE: Family food purchasing decisions have a direct influence on children's food environments and are powerful predictors of obesity and dietary quality. This study explored parents' capability, opportunities, and motivations regarding food purchasing for their families, as well as barriers and facilitators of healthy food purchasing behaviour, in an ethnically diverse, low-income area. DESIGN: Semi-structured interviews with parents of und…
The effect of Position and Availability interventions on adolescents’ food choice
Open AccessKatie Edwards, Katie L Edwards et al.ARTICLEAppetite2024
Associations between parent and child latent eating profiles and the role of parental feeding practices
Open AccessAbigail Pickard, Claire Farrow et al.ARTICLEAppetite2024Cited by: 2References: 34
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 o…
Differences in parental behaviour, emotions, and cognitions between children's eating profiles
Open AccessKatie L Edwards, Abigail Pickard et al.ARTICLEAppetite2024Cited by: 2References: 45
A variety of parent psychological characteristics (e.g., wellbeing) have been related to children's eating behaviour. However, parent-child feeding interactions are reciprocal and complex, including relationships between parental cognitions, emotions, as well as the influence of children's varying appetitive traits. Using a person-centred approach, children's appetitive traits can be clustered into meaningful eating profiles. To date, no research…
Identifying parent feeding profiles in UK parents of pre-school children
Open AccessHannah Povall, Jacqueline Blissett et al.ARTICLEAppetite2024
Differences in parent psychological characteristics and feeding goals between children’s eating behaviour profiles
Open AccessKatie Edwards, Katie L Edwards et al.ARTICLEAppetite2024
Examining parents’ experiences and challenges of feeding preschool children with avid eating behaviour
Open AccessKatie L Edwards, Jacqueline Blissett et al.ARTICLEAppetite2024Cited by: 5References: 51
Avid eating behaviours, including greater responsiveness to food cues and emotional over-eating, have been linked to child overweight and obesity. Parental feeding practices are modifiable components of a child's food environment and may be key levers for behaviour change in tailored interventions to support parents of children with avid eating behaviour. However, there is a lack of research examining parents' experiences in this context. This st…
Associations between Avid Eating in Parents and Children and the Role of Parental Feeding Practices
Open AccessAbigail Pickard, Helen Croker et al.ARTICLEAppetite2024
Reciprocal associations between parental feeding practices and child eating behaviours from toddlerhood to early childhood
Open AccessAlice R Kininmonth, Moritz Herle et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Psychology and…2023
BACKGROUND: Parental feeding practices (PFPs) are a key component of a child's food environment. Parent-child feeding relationships are hypothesised to be bidirectional; however, to date, few large prospective studies have examined this, instead focussing on unidirectional relationships. As such, the direction of relationships between PFPs and children's eating behaviours remains unclear. METHODS: Data were from Gemini, a population-based sample …
Evaluating individual biomarkers for predicting health risks in zoo‐housed chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ) and bonobos ( Pan paniscus )
Open AccessAshley N Edes, Janine L Brown et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Primatology2023
Although biomarkers are often used for predicting morbidity and mortality in humans, similar data are lacking in our closest relatives. This study analyzed 16 biomarkers in zoo‐housed chimpanzees and bonobos from serum samples collected during both routine and nonroutine veterinary immobilizations. Generalized linear and generalized linear mixed models were used to determine the efficacy of each biomarker to predict all‐cause morbidity, defined a…
Parental feeding practices as a response to child appetitive traits in toddlerhood and early childhood
Open AccessAlice R Kininmonth, Alice Kininmonth et al.ARTICLEAppetite2023
A million snacks
Open AccessKatie Edwards, Katie L Edwards et al.ARTICLEAppetite2023
Prospective associations between parental feeding practices used in toddlerhood and preschool children's appetite vary according to appetite avidity in toddlerhood
Open AccessAlice R Kininmonth, Moritz Herle et al.ARTICLEAppetite2023Cited by: 7References: 52
Parental feeding practices are a key modifiable component of children's food environments. Evidence suggests that certain feeding practices may differentially influence children's eating behaviour or weight, depending on the child's temperament (e.g. emotionality). Building on this work, we tested the hypothesis that feeding practices during toddlerhood influence children's developing eating behaviours differently, depending on their appetite avi…
Identifying an avid eating profile in childhood
Open AccessAbigail Pickard, Helen Croker et al.ARTICLEAppetite2023
Identifying an avid eating profile in childhood
Open AccessAbigail Pickard, Helen Croker et al.ARTICLEAppetite2023Cited by: 17References: 50
This study aimed to identify distinct eating behaviour profiles in young children and examine how other key predictors of children's eating behaviour, including child temperament, the experience of food insecurity, or parental feeding practices, may vary by identified profiles. An online survey was conducted with 995 parents/carers living in England and Wales (N = 995, Mage = 35.4 years, 80% female, 88% White). Participants reported on their chil…
The effect of models’ facial expressions towards raw broccoli on food liking and desire to eat
Open AccessKatie Edwards, Katie L Edwards et al.ARTICLEAppetite2022

Identifying an avid eating profile in childhood
Open AccessAbigail Pickard, Helen Croker et al.ARTICLEAppetite2023Cited by: 17References: 50
This study aimed to identify distinct eating behaviour profiles in young children and examine how other key predictors of children's eating behaviour, including child temperament, the experience of food insecurity, or parental feeding practices, may vary by identified profiles. An online survey was conducted with 995 parents/carers living in England and Wales (N = 995, Mage = 35.4 years, 80% female, 88% White). Participants reported on their chil…
Prospective associations between parental feeding practices used in toddlerhood and preschool children's appetite vary according to appetite avidity in toddlerhood
Open AccessAlice R Kininmonth, Moritz Herle et al.ARTICLEAppetite2023Cited by: 7References: 52
Parental feeding practices are a key modifiable component of children's food environments. Evidence suggests that certain feeding practices may differentially influence children's eating behaviour or weight, depending on the child's temperament (e.g. emotionality). Building on this work, we tested the hypothesis that feeding practices during toddlerhood influence children's developing eating behaviours differently, depending on their appetite avi…
Understanding family food purchasing behaviour of low-income urban UK families
Open AccessCassandra Screti, Katie Edwards et al.ARTICLEAppetite2024Cited by: 6References: 39
OBJECTIVE: Family food purchasing decisions have a direct influence on children's food environments and are powerful predictors of obesity and dietary quality. This study explored parents' capability, opportunities, and motivations regarding food purchasing for their families, as well as barriers and facilitators of healthy food purchasing behaviour, in an ethnically diverse, low-income area. DESIGN: Semi-structured interviews with parents of und…
Examining parents’ experiences and challenges of feeding preschool children with avid eating behaviour
Open AccessKatie L Edwards, Jacqueline Blissett et al.ARTICLEAppetite2024Cited by: 5References: 51
Avid eating behaviours, including greater responsiveness to food cues and emotional over-eating, have been linked to child overweight and obesity. Parental feeding practices are modifiable components of a child's food environment and may be key levers for behaviour change in tailored interventions to support parents of children with avid eating behaviour. However, there is a lack of research examining parents' experiences in this context. This st…
Exposure to models' positive facial expressions whilst eating a raw vegetable increases children's acceptance and consumption of the modelled vegetable
Open AccessKatie L Edwards, Jason Thomas et al.ARTICLEAppetite2022Cited by: 4References: 34
Daily manifestations of Children's avid eating behaviour and associations with temperament, parental feeding practices and wellbeing
Open AccessAbigail Pickard, Katie L Edwards et al.ARTICLEAppetite2025Cited by: 2References: 46
Recent evidence has identified four distinct eating profiles in 3-5-year-old children in the UK: avid, happy, typical, and avoidant. Among these profiles, children with avid eating behaviour exhibit high responsiveness to food cues, emotional eating, fast eating speed, and low responsiveness to fullness, posing risks for overeating and higher adiposity. Despite the implications, there is limited research on how avid eating manifests and impacts p…
Associations between parent and child latent eating profiles and the role of parental feeding practices
Open AccessAbigail Pickard, Claire Farrow et al.ARTICLEAppetite2024Cited by: 2References: 34
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 o…
Differences in parental behaviour, emotions, and cognitions between children's eating profiles
Open AccessKatie L Edwards, Abigail Pickard et al.ARTICLEAppetite2024Cited by: 2References: 45
A variety of parent psychological characteristics (e.g., wellbeing) have been related to children's eating behaviour. However, parent-child feeding interactions are reciprocal and complex, including relationships between parental cognitions, emotions, as well as the influence of children's varying appetitive traits. Using a person-centred approach, children's appetitive traits can be clustered into meaningful eating profiles. To date, no research…
The effect of Position and Availability interventions on adolescents’ food choice
Open AccessKatie L Edwards, Jacqueline Blissett et al.ARTICLEAppetite2025Cited by: 1References: 26
Interventions that alter characteristics of the food environment have been found to reduce energy intake in adults. However, few studies have examined the effect of Availability (reducing the number of higher energy options) and Position (altering the order of options) interventions on food choices by younger populations. Hence, this study examined the individual and combined effects of Availability and Position interventions on adolescents' ener…