Nutrition Talk #0014: The Role of Parents in Child Eating and Physical Activity Patterns

Summary: Your host Sarah Hippert explores the parent-child feeding relationship and its consequences for child weight status with guest Dr. Erin Hennessy, New Balance Fellow in Childhood Nutrition at the John Hancock Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition. With her help we'll take a look at the implications of parenting style, parent-feeding style, and feeding practices as they affect child eating behavior and child weight. We'll also consider the application of Erin?s research for childhood obesity policy interventions that are currently underway in Washington and throughout our nation.