| by Dr. Esther Entin in the Atlantic Click here to view entire article. Dr. Entin summarizes research on obesity and mother-child attachment that found children who had the lowest quality relationships with their mothers were nearly two and a half times more likely to be obese as teenagers. This may be due to neurological effects of early stress or the use of eating as a coping mechanism. The research provides support for the need to aid families in building strong relationships and proposes that doing so may even be a strategy for obesity prevention. |
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