Table 3.

Exposure-outcome matrix of the associations between the use of food as a reward and prospective behavior.

FPP	Prospective child behavior	Prospective longitudinal studies
		Flores-Barrantes et al. (49)	Haszard et al. (39)	Toh et al. (41)	Jansen et al. (48)
Frequent use of food as a reward	Food intake
	Consumption
	Energy-dense foods
	Nutrient-dense foods	•
	Compliance with consumption recommendations for:
	Fruit & Vegetables	1
	Eating behavior
	Food fussiness				, •, ∀
	Enjoyment of food
	Emotional overeating				, ∀
	Food responsiveness				∀
	Satiety responsiveness				•, ∀
	Food reward			•
	Health behavior indicator
	BMI		•

Colors: green: healthy behavior, red: unhealthy behavior; /: increased healthy/unhealthy behavior; /: decreased healthy/unhealthy behavior; •: no significant association; ∀: association in the opposite direction (behavior as a predictor of increasing/decreasing use of parenting practice); ¹measured a rare use of food as a reward: a rare use is associated with a higher adherence to the consumption recommendations.