Likewise, pressure to eat has been positively associated to Food avoidance as well as with lower child weight status [33, 38]. (journals.plos.org)
However, it is important to be aware that these correlations could also be explained by third factor common to both variables, such as maternal concern about child weight status. (ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com)
Some recent studies have found an association between maternal use of restriction and concern about weight, but not between restriction and actual child weight status [18, 39]. (ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com)