Eating habits and attitudes among mothers of children with feeding disorders

摘要

Feeding disturbances in young children are common. Furthermore, eating disorders are a substantial source of psychiatric morbidity among women of childbearing age. There has been no published research examining whether feeding disturbances of clinical severity in children are related to abnormal eating habits and attitudes among their mothers—though there is evidence that parents with eating disorders can adversely influence their young children's development, including feeding. If there were such a relation it would have important implications for the management of such children.