Emma Haycraft
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1565545 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Emma Haycraft |
| PRENOMES | Emma |
| SOBRENOME | Haycraft |
| ASSINATURA | HAYCRAFT E |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Loughborough University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7359-1759 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 107 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 360 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 107 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Associations between regulatory problems in early childhood and parental feeding practices, child eating behaviour, and weight
Early difficulties in the regulation of emotion, sleep and eating are common in early childhood and may shape developmental pathways of eating behaviours and weight. Understanding these pathways is key to identifying modifiable targets for promoting healthy eating and growth. This systematic review aimed to synthesise available evidence linking regulatory problems (RPs) of emotion, sleeping, and eating in early childhood to feeding, eating, and w…
The Family Mealtime Structure Questionnaire
This study aimed to a) develop a new measurement tool (The Family Mealtime Structure Questionnaire; FMSQ) to assess family mealtime structure at home and b) use the new measure to validate and explore relationships between mealtime structure and young children's temperament, eating behaviour, parental feeding practices and food intake. While existing research has explored aspects of mealtime structure, this is typically measured by individual que…
Parental use of distraction and portioning to reduce snack intake by children with avid eating behaviour
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…
Parent reports of eating behaviour and feeding practices
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…
Development and psychometric assessment of the Sociocultural Influences on Exercise Behaviours in Adolescents Questionnaire
Objectives This research aimed to construct and psychometrically test a measure of multiple sociocultural dimensions (i.e. family, peers, media) theoretically associated with exercise behaviours/attitudes in adolescents; the Sociocultural Influences on Exercise Behaviours in Adolescents Questionnaire (SIEBAQ).Methods and measurement Part 1 of this study focused on measure construction and psychometric testing, involving item generation and explor…
Daily manifestations of Children's avid eating behaviour and associations with temperament, parental feeding practices and wellbeing
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…
Exploring disordered eating and wellbeing in relation to school social eating among adolescents
Will it work? Challenges and learnings from collecting data from children and staff at holiday clubs
Veg Stars
Examining momentary predictors of parental use of structure-based and autonomy support feeding practices with children with avid eating behaviour
Dietary habits across the primary-secondary school transition
Use and consequences of exercise tracking technology on exercise psychopathology and mental health outcomes in adolescents
Exercise tracking technology use is associated with exercise psychopathology in adolescents; however, research is yet to identify components of such technology that can predict maladaptive exercise at this age. This research assessed the relationship between exercise tracking technology use and exercise psychopathology in adolescents. Development of a new measure of exercise tracking behaviours/attitudes was also conducted. Adolescents ( N = 327;…
A good way to start the day”
Children in the UK do not eat enough vegetables for optimal health and development; therefore, considering methods to increase children's vegetable intake is critical. Currently, if UK children are offered vegetables to eat, this typically occurs at midday/evening meals, and/or for snacks - children are seldom offered vegetables at breakfast time, even though there is no medical, nutritional, or physiological reason not to. Therefore, this study …
Associations between parent and child latent eating profiles and the role of parental feeding practices
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
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…
Exploring Preschool Staff’s Perceptions of Food Waste and Feeding Practices in Their Settings
Differences in parent psychological characteristics and feeding goals between children’s eating behaviour profiles
Examining parents’ experiences and challenges of feeding preschool children with avid eating behaviour
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…
Veg Stars for the 3 Rs
Associations between Avid Eating in Parents and Children and the Role of Parental Feeding Practices
Utilising online paradigms to explore the effect of boredom and sadness on children's snack choice
Emotional eating (EE) is defined as eating in response to negative emotions (e.g., sadness and boredom). Child temperament and parental feeding practices are predictive of child EE and may interact to shape child EE. Previous research has demonstrated that children eat more when they are experiencing sadness, however, boredom-EE (despite how common boredom is in children) has yet to be explored experimentally using remote methodologies. The curre…
Reciprocal associations between parental feeding practices and child eating behaviours from toddlerhood to early childhood
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 …
What is missing in our understanding of urban slum environments and maternal, infant and young child nutrition from publicly available data in Asia and the Pacific
Given the recent, rapid urbanisation in Asia and the Pacific region, coupled with increases in the triple burden of malnutrition, we need to better understand maternal, infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN) for populations living in urban slum environments. This research used existing large-scale datasets to explore MIYCN indicators for those living in urban slum, compared with urban nonslum, areas. Data since 2015 from available Demographic a…
Exploring the feasibility of using evidence-based feeding practices to promote children’s healthy eating in holiday clubs
Objective: Encouraging healthy eating is a public health priority in the United Kingdom (UK), given the high prevalence of poor diet and overweight/obesity among school-aged children. Holiday clubs are organisations providing childcare and activities during the school holidays and frequently provide food to children at risk of food insecurity, primarily through government-funded programmes like the Holiday Activities and Food programme. However, …
Parental feeding practices as a response to child appetitive traits in toddlerhood and early childhood
Maternal and paternal controlling feeding practices with male and female children
Parental influences on children’s eating behaviour and characteristics of successful parent-focussed interventions
Relationships between temperament and eating behaviours in young children
Are parenting style and controlling feeding practices related
Why don’t you try it again?’ A comparison of parent led, home based interventions aimed at increasing children's consumption of a disliked vegetable
Previous research suggests that the use of modelling and non-food rewards may be effective at increasing tasting, and consequential liking and acceptance, of a previously disliked food. Although successful school-based interventions have been developed, there is a lack of research into home-based interventions using these methods. This study aimed to develop and investigate the efficacy of a parent led home-based intervention for increasing child…
Identifying an avid eating profile in childhood
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…
Parental modelling of eating behaviours
Parents are important role models for their children's eating behaviours. This study aimed to further validate the recently developed Parental Modelling of Eating Behaviours Scale (PARM) by examining the relationships between maternal self-reports on the PARM with the modelling practices exhibited by these mothers during three family mealtime observations. Relationships between observed maternal modelling and maternal reports of children's eating…
Gender congruence and body satisfaction in nonbinary transgender people
Background: Binary transgender people access gender affirming medical interventions to alleviate gender incongruence and increase body satisfaction. Despite the increase in nonbinary transgender people, this population are less likely to access transgender health services compared to binary transgender people. No research has yet understood why by exploring levels of gender congruence and body satisfaction in nonbinary transgender people. Objecti…
Barriers and facilitators of physical activity and sport participation among young transgender adults who are medically transitioning
Background: Transgender people (those who feel incongruence between the gender they were assigned at birth and their gender identity) engage in lower levels of physical activity compared to cisgender (non-transgender) people. Several factors have been shown to affect physical activity engagement in the cisgender population; however, the physical activity experiences of young transgender adults have not been explored. It is therefore the aim of th…
Unpacking the relationships between positive feeding practices and children's eating behaviours
Evidence suggests that children's eating behaviours are influenced by the feeding practices which parents employ. Furthermore, parents may alter the feeding practices they use according to their child's temperament. However, there is a paucity of literature on how children's temperament moderates the relationship between parents' use of feeding practices and children's eating behaviours. One hundred and eleven mothers of 2 to 4-year-old children …
Mental health and quality of life in non-binary transgender adults
Background: The social challenges that non-binary people experience, due in part to social intolerance and the lack of validation of non-binary gender identities, may affect the mental health and quality of life of this population. However, studies that have distinguished between non-binary and binary transgender identities are lacking. Aim: To compare the mental health and quality of life of a community sample of non-binary transgender adults wi…
Relationships between observations and parental reports of 3–5 year old children's emotional eating using the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire
The Gender Congruence and Life Satisfaction Scale (GCLS)
Background: It is vital that the treatment offered at transgender health services can be evaluated to ensure a high quality of care. However, the tools currently used to evaluate treatment at transgender health services are limited by mainly focusing on mental health or because they have been developed for binary transgender people only. This study therefore aimed to develop and validate a tool that addresses these limitations. The Gender Congrue…
Perceptions of parental pressure to eat and eating behaviours in preadolescents
Prospective associations between parental feeding practices used in toddlerhood and preschool children's appetite vary according to appetite avidity in toddlerhood
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…
Individual, behavioural and home environmental factors associated with eating behaviours in young adolescents
This study aimed to examine individual, behavioural and home environmental factors associated with frequency of consumption of fruit, vegetables and energy-dense snacks among adolescents. Adolescents aged 11-12 years (n = 521, 48% boys) completed a paper-based questionnaire during class-time which included a Food Frequency Questionnaire assessing their consumption of fruit, vegetables, and energy-dense (ED) snacks, and items assessing habits, sel…
Investigating the role of parent and child characteristics in healthy eating intervention outcomes
Peer and Friend Influences on Children's Eating
Peers and friends are perceived as important role models for the formation of children's attitudes and behaviours. A wealth of research has aimed to establish the contribution of peers and friends to children's developing eating behaviours, and their attitudes towards eating. This review describes and evaluates such research. Experimental research examining peer modelling of food consumption and liking is reviewed, and several individual child fa…
Mental health symptoms are related to mothers’ use of controlling and responsive child feeding practices
Examining parents’ experiences and challenges of feeding preschool children with avid eating behaviour
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…
Using repeated visual exposure, rewards and modelling in a mobile application to increase vegetable acceptance in children
If at first you don't succeed
Maternal feeding practices and children's eating behaviours
Nurturing children's development through healthy eating and active living
Fostering the growth, development, health, and wellbeing of children is a global priority. The early childhood period presents a critical window to influence lifelong trajectories, however urgent multisectoral action is needed to ensure that families are adequately supported to nurture their children's growth and development. With a shared vision to give every child the best start in life, thus helping them reach their full developmental potentia…
Family mealtimes and eating psychopathology
Maternal and paternal controlling feeding practices with male and female children
Maternal and Paternal Controlling Feeding Practices
Objective: This study aimed to examine the interrelationships between mothers' and fathers' reports on the child‐feeding questionnaire (CFQ), the BMI of parents and their children, and observations of parents' controlling feeding practices at mealtimes. Methods and Procedures: Twenty‐three mothers and twenty‐three fathers of children aged between 18 and 67 months reported on their child‐feeding practices, on their child's height and weight, and w…
Observations of children's eating behaviours and parental feeding practices
Maternal eating psychopathology and feeding practices within families
Predicting children's emotional eating
Are parenting style and controlling feeding practices related
The role of parents' romantic relationship warmth and hostility in child feeding practices and children's eating behaviours
This research examined the associations between parents' reports of the quality of their romantic relationships with their partner/spouse, their feeding interactions with their children, and their children's eating behaviours. One hundred and fifty-six married/cohabiting mothers of young children completed self-report measures of their romantic relationship quality, child feeding practices and children's eating behaviours. Reports of a less warm,…
Inducing preschool children’s emotional eating
Eating disorder symptoms and parenting styles
Relationships between temperament and eating behaviours in young children
Predictors of Paternal and Maternal Controlling Feeding Practices with 2- to 5-year-old Children
Development of the P arental M odelling of E ating B ehaviours S cale ( Parm )
This study aimed to develop a self-report questionnaire to explore parental modelling of eating behaviours and then to use the newly developed measure to investigate associations between parental modelling with healthy and unhealthy food intake in both mothers and their children. Mothers (n = 484) with a child aged between 18 months and 8 years completed the Parental Modelling of Eating Behaviours Scale (PARM), a new, self-report measure of model…
Peer and Friend Influences on Children's Eating
Peers and friends are perceived as important role models for the formation of children's attitudes and behaviours. A wealth of research has aimed to establish the contribution of peers and friends to children's developing eating behaviours, and their attitudes towards eating. This review describes and evaluates such research. Experimental research examining peer modelling of food consumption and liking is reviewed, and several individual child fa…
Parental influences on children’s eating behaviour and characteristics of successful parent-focussed interventions
An ‘app’ropriate resource? Using mobile apps to provide feeding advice and support to parents
Adolescent family mealtimes. Links with mental health symptoms
The influence of friends and peers on children’s food intake. An experimental study
Perceptions of parental pressure to eat and eating behaviours in preadolescents
Family mealtimes and eating psychopathology
Investigating the efficacy of parent-led repeated taste exposure, incentives and modelling interventions at increasing children's acceptance of a disliked vegetable
Parental modelling of eating behaviours
Parents are important role models for their children's eating behaviours. This study aimed to further validate the recently developed Parental Modelling of Eating Behaviours Scale (PARM) by examining the relationships between maternal self-reports on the PARM with the modelling practices exhibited by these mothers during three family mealtime observations. Relationships between observed maternal modelling and maternal reports of children's eating…
Development of the Mealtime Emotions Measure for adolescents (MEM-A)
Why don’t you try it again?’ A comparison of parent led, home based interventions aimed at increasing children's consumption of a disliked vegetable
Previous research suggests that the use of modelling and non-food rewards may be effective at increasing tasting, and consequential liking and acceptance, of a previously disliked food. Although successful school-based interventions have been developed, there is a lack of research into home-based interventions using these methods. This study aimed to develop and investigate the efficacy of a parent led home-based intervention for increasing child…
The importance of mealtime structure for reducing child food fussiness
The aim of this study was to explore how the structure of mealtimes within the family setting is related to children's fussy eating behaviours. Seventy-five mothers of children aged between 2 and 4 years were observed during a typical mealtime at home. The mealtimes were coded to rate mealtime structure and environment as well as the child's eating behaviours (food refusal, difficulty to feed, eating speed, positive and negative vocalisations). M…
Eating Behaviours of Preadolescent Children over Time
The links between childhood eating behaviours and parental feeding practices are well-established in younger children, but there is a lack of research examining these variables in a preadolescent age group, particularly from the child's perspective, and longitudinally. This study firstly aimed to examine the continuity and stability of preadolescent perceptions of their parents' controlling feeding practices (pressure to eat and restriction) over…
Psychology (95 obras) · Developmental psychology (69 obras) · Medicine (67 obras) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (64 obras) · Eating Disorders and Behaviors (53 obras) · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (47 obras) · Clinical Psychology (42 obras) · Obesity (30 obras) · Psychiatry (29 obras) · Eating behavior (21 obras)