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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Pract (Lond). 2014 Mar 1;11(2):207–220. doi: 10.2217/cpr.14.5

Table 1.

Terms utilized within review article: Definitions and examples*

Term Definition Example(s)
Unhealthy weight-related behaviors A broad category of behaviors reported by children and young people that stand in contrast the development of a healthy body weight and a healthy relationship with food. Dieting, unhealthy weight control practices, eating in the absence of hunger, emotional eating, dietary restraint, emotional disinhibition, and binge eating.
Unhealthy weight control practices Unhealthy behaviors an individual engages in with the goal of weight loss or preventing healthy weight gain. Fasting, skipping meals, smoking more cigarettes, taking diet pills or laxatives, or purging.
Food-related parenting practices The techniques that parents use to influence children’s eating, food choices, or food intake patterns. Parents encouraging children to eat, or not eat, specific foods; requiring children to clean their plate at mealtimes; rewarding behaviors with favorite foods; and restricting the intake of particular foods (both healthy and unhealthy).
Food restriction When parents limit or restrict their child’s intake of certain foods or use a highly desired food item as a reward for consuming a less desirable food item. Parents only allowing their child to eat dessert after the child has consumed a full serving of vegetables. This results in restriction of child’s access to the dessert item until a particular requirement is met.
Pressure-to-eat When parents prompt or pressure their child to consume a certain amount of food or more of a particular type of food. Parents requiring their child to eat all of the food on their plate prior to completing a meal.
Dietary restraint Cognitive restriction of food intake. Actively avoiding food despite feeling hungry and enjoyment of the food available.
Eating in the absence of hunger Consumption of food despite feeling physically satiated. Feeling satiated after consumption of a meal, but continuing to seek out food and/or eat food as it is made available.
Disinhibited eating Loss of inhibition and self-regulation resulting in eating in response to external cues, including emotional stressors, or the sight or odor of foods. Feeling satiated after consumption of a meal, but continuing to seek out food and/or eat food as it is made available, because you enjoy the way it smells or tastes or in response to a stressful event in your life.
Negative self-evaluation of food and eating Negative judgment of and internalization of associated negative feelings about choices made with regard to food or eating. Feeling guilty or shameful after eating a particular food item or a certain amount of a food item.
Emotional disinhibition Eating in response to emotions such as boredom, anger, or sadness. Experiencing a fight with a friend and eating ice cream or another palatable food in an effort to sooth hurt feelings.
Disregulation of innate self-regulation mechanisms Disruption of an individual’s ability to respond to physical hunger and satiety cues in a way that results in overconsumption of the amount of calories needed to maintain a healthy weight or promote appropriate weight gain. An individual regularly eating more food than needed to feel satiated so that they can no longer sense physical hunger and satiety cues.
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Terms included in this table have been denoted with a * the first time they appear in the text of the paper.