RESEARCH

Eating Behavior Research in

Children's and Adolescent's
Naturalistic Environment
 CONTENT:
*Problem
*Research Methodology
*Findings
*Conclusion
*Recommendation
*Reference
PART 01

PROBLEM:
 Children and adolescents' eating behavior is determined by
many intra and extra personal factors, including individual
differences
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PART 02

RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
Children and adolescents’ eating behavior is determined by
individual differences in feelings of hunger and satiety,
responsiveness to food, food choices and preferences, and
mood state, among other factors. Although these are often
biologically-based processes, they are shaped by elements
related to the social and physical environment, such as the
availability of food (food environment), parental (feeding)
behaviors, family context, and other socio-cultural factors.
Where healthy eating is associated with mental and
physical growth, unhealthy eating is related to adverse
outcomes (e.g., obesity, eating disorders).
 Past studies on eating behavior in children and adolescents
have often relied on traditional assessment approaches that
may incur biases. These include single-occasion retrospective
self- or parent-report assessments, which may be prone to
recall and social desirability biases; and laboratory studies,
which lack external/ecological validity. In particular,
developmental factors may limit the accuracy of children’s
recall and their comfort in laboratory settings, marking these
traditional assessment techniques as especially problematic
for younger populations.
PART 03

FINDINGS
 Since eating occurs on a daily basis and is determined by
environmental/contextual factors, studying eating behavior in
children and adolescent’s naturalistic environment is
warranted. Naturalistic ‘real-time’ approaches, such as
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ecological momentary assessment (but also other daily life
sampling approaches such as ambulatory assessment and
experience sampling methods), may offer new insights into
predictors or correlates of eating behavior in children and
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 These ‘real-time’ approaches provide several benefits over
traditional approaches including (1) Enhanced ecological
validity, (2) Focus on current or very recent momentary states
or behavior (reduced reliance on retrospective recall), (3)
Allowance for strategic selection of states and behaviors
included in analyses, based on proximity to other constructs of
interest or time of recording (event-based, time-based,
randomly prompted), (4) Availability of multiple assessments,
which allow for examination of how behaviors vary
prospectively over time and across situations (5) Potential
employment of a wide variety of media (paper diary, electronic
diary, smartphone/telephone) to increase applicability to
multiple research contexts.
 The present Research Topic aims to unite publications from
expert scientists in the field of eating behaviors. Different
types of articles may be submitted pending theoretical, clinical,
and/or methodological relevance. The expected themes are
(but not limited to):
 Using naturalistic approaches
→ to assess individual differences in eating behaviors/
symptoms.
→ to examine within-subject changes in eating behavior/
symptoms over time (e.g., for understanding clinical disorders
and outcomes).
→ to study within-subject changes in eating behavior/
symptoms across situations/contexts (e.g., to increase insight
into contextual associations or interaction between events or
experiences in time).
→ to examine temporal sequences of situational antecedents
or consequences of eating behavior/symptoms (e.g.,
evaluating dynamic interactions among processes over time to
increase insight in theories of eating pathology).
 → to increase understanding
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behavior interact and unfold over time in order to increase
insight into the efficacy of therapeutic/clinical interventions (e.
g., monitoring treatment progress and identify processes and
mediators of psychotherapy-induced change).
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PART 04

CONCLUSION
 We conclude that the papers of this Research Topic focus on
research questions that advance the field and guide future
research on which (combination of) factors may be studied to
enhance insight in children and adolescent's normal and
pathological eating behavior. Furthermore, the challenging
research designs that are used throughout the different papers
offer insight on how innovative research questions may be
studied in children's and adolescents' everyday environment.
 PART 05

RECOMMENDATIONS
 The aim of this Research Topic was to compile research
reports executed by experts in eating behaviors that employed
naturalistic approaches. More specifically, the objective was to
present results of high quality studies focusing on critical
research questions, using complicated designs, and describing
impactful findings that may have substantial implications for
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collection of papers allows reflection on
important challenges researchers face with when studying
eating behavior in children.
PART 06

REFERENCE:
 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/
fpsyg.2019.02139/full
https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/6330/eating-
behavior-research-in-childrens-and-adolescents-naturalistic-
environment
THANK YOU AND
GODBLESS!