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Brian Wansink, PhD; Collin Payne, PhD; Carolina Werle, PhD

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008;162(10):994-995.

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How does encouraging a child to "clean" his or her plate influence eating behavior away from home? Parents who insist that their child clean his or her plate may be asserting excess control that could backfire if it inhibits the development of their child's self-control around food.^1-3 If this is true, children who have been conditioned to clean their plate may end up requesting more food when excess controls do not exist, such as when they are away from home.

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This institutional review board–approved study (Cornell University) involved 63 preschool-aged children (57% girls; mean age, 4.3 [SD, 0.91] years; mean body mass index [BMI] [calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 15.5 [SD, 2.3]) and their primary meal-providers, all of whom were mothers (mean BMI, 23.6 [SD, 4.2]). These parents were given a consent form, which also . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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