I'd be interested to know if the members of this study were all birth children of birth parents. My girls are both adopted and both have HUGE food issues - due in part to early neglect and very strong survival skills - even after 10 years, there are still days when I can tell they're worrying about if/when they'll be fed again. My older daughter has taken to going food shopping with me regularly and insists on being the one to put the groceries away - it's a coping mechanism for her, she knows what we have for food and where it is! My younger daughter still asks for seconds before she's even started eating - and I remind her that there is plenty of food and if she is truly still hungry after she eats, she can have more - she usually doesn't want more.... it's just one of her survival skills. When they were younger, I had to make sure they had exactly the same amount of food or the older one would try to take the younger one's food!
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Obesity Linked to Poor Mother-Toddler Bond 
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