Table 2.
Exposure-outcome matrix of the associations between the use of sugar-rich food to sooth and prospective behavior.
| FPP | Prospective child behavior | Prospective longitudinal studies | RCT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chong et al. (45) | Haszard et al. (39) | Jansen et al. (47) | Toh et al. (41) | Harris et al. (46) | ||
| Frequent use of food to soothe | Eating behavior | |||||
| Food fussiness | ||||||
| Enjoyment of food | ||||||
| Emotional overeating |
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| Food responsiveness | • | |||||
| Satiety responsiveness | ||||||
| Food reward | • | |||||
| Health behavior indicator | ||||||
| Body fat mass | • |
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| BMI | • |
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RCT, Randomized controlled trial; colors: green: healthy behavior, red: unhealthy behavior; 
/: increased healthy/unhealthy behavior; 
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: decreased healthy/unhealthy behavior; •: no significant association; 1Outcome at 3 and 4 years; 2Outcome at 6 and 10 years.