Concepedia

Maternal Feeding Behavior

Maternal Feeding Behavior is a construct in developmental psychology and behavioral biology that refers to the pattern of actions and decisions by which a mother provides nutrition to her offspring, distinguished by its focus on the qualitative and contextual aspects of feeding interactions that support infant growth, health, and socio-emotional development.

1.3K

Publications

77K

Citations

3.5K

Authors

1.2K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

237

Parents

Publications

1.3K

Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior

Ian C.G. Weaver, Nadia Cervoni, Frances A. Champagne et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2004 · 6.1K citations

, , +14

Learning to overeat: maternal use of restrictive feeding practices promotes girls' eating in the absence of hunger

Leann L. Birch, Jennifer O. Fisher, Kirsten K. Davison · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2003 · 897 citations

, , +8

Mothers’ child-feeding practices influence daughters’ eating and weight

Leann L. Birch, Jennifer O. Fisher · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2000 · 848 citations

, , +11

Revisiting a neglected construct: parenting styles in a child-feeding context

Sheryl O. Hughes, Thomas G. Power, Jennifer O. Fisher et al. · Appetite · 2004 · 770 citations

, , +16

Maternal Attachment

Marshall H. Klaus, Richard Jerauld, Nancy C. Kreger et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1972 · 619 citations

, , +16

1–5 of 1.3K

Authors

3.5K

  1. LL
    Leann L. Birch

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    20 publications · 3.9K citations

    19

    h-index

  2. LD
    Lynne Daniels

    Queensland University of Technology, Australia

    20 publications · 1.1K citations

    19

    h-index

  3. KM
    Kimberley M. Mallan

    Queensland University of Technology, Australia

    18 publications · 1.1K citations

    17

    h-index

  4. SO
    Sheryl O. Hughes

    Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine, United States

    16 publications · 1.5K citations

    16

    h-index

  5. JO
    Jennifer O. Fisher

    Temple University, United States

    16 publications · 3.6K citations

    16

    h-index

1–5 of 3.5K

Institutions

1.2K

  1. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    23 h-index

    68 publications

    3.6K citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    23 h-index

    114 publications

    4.6K citations

  3. Queensland University of Technology

    Brisbane, Australia

    22 h-index

    79 publications

    4K citations

  4. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    22 h-index

    56 publications

    9.4K citations

  5. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    21 h-index

    87 publications

    3.3K citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    58 publications

    7.4K citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    17 h-index

    41 publications

    3.1K citations

  8. Temple University

    Philadelphia, United States

    16 h-index

    25 publications

    1.3K citations

1–8 of 1.2K

Venues

  1. Appetite

    109 publications · 6.3K citations

    44

    h-index

  2. Physiology & Behavior

    61 publications · 3.4K citations

    34

    h-index

  3. 22

    h-index

  4. PEDIATRICS

    23 publications · 2.4K citations

    22

    h-index

  5. 21

    h-index

1–5