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http://www.eurekaler...p-fon042312.php

Fear of not having enough food may lead to obesity

Mothers with 'food insecurity' more likely to engage in feeding practices associated with childhood weight gain

BOSTON – While eating too much food can cause obesity, the fear of not having enough food may lead to the same result, according to a study to be presented Saturday, April 28, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Boston.

Being worried about not having enough food to feed one's family, a situation called food insecurity, is common in low-income families. These families often are overweight, too.

"Understanding the reasons why poverty puts families at greater risk of obesity is essential to addressing the epidemic," said study lead author Rachel Gross, MD, MS, FAAP, assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and The Children's Hospital at Montefiore in New York.

Dr. Gross and her colleagues at the New York University School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital Center, interviewed 201 low-income mothers with infants younger than 6 months about their feeding styles (whether they tried to control how much the child ate), feeding practices (e.g., breastfeeding, adding cereal to bottles) and concerns about their child becoming overweight. Studies have shown that feeding patterns leading to obesity often begin in infancy.

The mothers primarily were Hispanic, and all participated in the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).

Results showed that about one-third of the mothers reported food insecurity.

"We found that food insecurity is related to controlling feeding practices, which have been shown to increase child obesity," Dr. Gross said. "These controlling feeding practices involved both restriction, in which parents limit the infant's intake even if the infant is hungry, and pressuring, in which the parent encourages the infant to eat more even if the infant is full."

It is believed that when mothers control what an infant eats, it may disrupt the child's ability to regulate his or her own hunger and fullness, leading to overeating and inappropriate weight gain, Dr. Gross explained.

(continued, just posted since mh & obesity are linked, interesting to speculate other reasons than meds?)

[mias]

Re the 'other than meds' bit at the bottom. I think some people eat more than they need because they comfort eat and others because they are bored. Also if on a low income cheaper foods are bought and they can be more fattening and less healthy. Never considered the 'fear' angle though did you?

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mias, on 28 April 2012 - 05:28 PM, said:

Never considered the 'fear' angle though did you?

I have Mias, Its something I've often wondered about but not really through fear, but knowledge of a future event. Like if people know they couldn't drink water for a while would they drink more with the apprehension of that event. You have a point with cheaper food being mostly nasty crap though, *rice and beans* aside

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mias, on 28 April 2012 - 06:28 PM, said:

Re the 'other than meds' bit at the bottom. I think some people eat more than they need because they comfort eat and others because they are bored. Also if on a low income cheaper foods are bought and they can be more fattening and less healthy. Never considered the 'fear' angle though did you?

Boredom and comfort eating is certainly a factor with me. I also think if you're on psych meds,especially antipsychotics,then it's easy to gain and hard to lose.

I cut out 2-3 takeaways a week (sometimes for 2 people) thinking i would lose weight.
I lost a mere 6lbs in 13 weeks although the calorific value of the takeaways had been very high.
In the end i got despondent and gave up. Due to problems identifying goals and future plans that was the only goal i could think of, and in the end the thought of dieting for nearly three years,at the rate i was losing,to get to a good weight , was just too daunting and too long a goal to conquer.

The only way i see to lose at a decent rate is to diet and come off meds and if i do that my emotional reactivity ,which has got me into trouble in the past,along with paranoia and weird thoughts,will increase.

Not cured,fat,but more stable on meds, or not cured,less stable, and eventually a good weight off meds ?

[mias]

FM how many take aways did you have to cut out two o three? what were they? it should have helped, depenDing on what you replaced them with I suppose.
Do you have take away now?

[ramboself]

Eating a big meal helps me relax. the preperation them having a full stomach, i try to watch my weight, i drink too much extra ca;pries. some drs say it's better than valium or sleeping pills othrts say alcohol problem they can't even agree on that

[firemonkey]

mias, on 29 April 2012 - 05:08 PM, said:

FM how many take aways did you have to cut out two o three? what were they? it should have helped, depenDing on what you replaced them with I suppose.
Do you have take away now?

Sometimes i would have 2 a week sometimes 3 and sometimes i had a takeaway for 2 people. They were mostly Chinese or pizza with accompaniments.
Instead of take away i would have ready meal or something else from the freezer.

I gave up couple of weeks ago and started eating them again.

[mias]

I just don't think it is the healthiest option FM. maybe if you asked for rice and a plain chicken, but usually it is in a salty sause or battery suff. Pizza a bit salty if you are not vry careful.
Must be expensive too. Well it is around here.
I know it is sometimes just easier to order in. Also bothering when on own can be a 'bother'.
Maybe have another go. Never too late to start even if we have a temporary blip.

Sauce.

[firemonkey]

I've put on more weight since being alone than i did the 22 years living with my wife. I used to have regular meals including lunches when married and managed to keep that up for a few years after she died.
Then i got into a state of mind that said 'why prepare a meal just for one and why have regular set meals?'
Since then it's been ready meals/takeaways/and grazing,as and when.
Motivation is hard and just organising myself to prepare a meal ,including making a shopping list and buying the ingredients,seems like a mountain to climb.
It never used to be this way. I wasn't an
expert cook but i could motivate and organise myself to cook basic stuff.
I'm ashamed to say that i've slid backwards in quite a few ways but because i function after a fashion, and have no one coming to see how things are domestically , it flies under the radar.

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firemonkey, on 29 April 2012 - 06:27 PM, said:

I've put on more weight since being alone than i did the 22 years living with my wife. I used to have regular meals including lunches when married and managed to keep that up for a few years after she died.
Then i got into a state of mind that said 'why prepare a meal just for one and why have regular set meals?'
Since then it's been ready meals/takeaways/and grazing,as and when.
Motivation is hard and just organising myself to prepare a meal ,including making a shopping list and buying the ingredients,seems like a mountain to climb.
It never used to be this way. I wasn't an
expert cook but i could motivate and organise myself to cook basic stuff.
I'm ashamed to say that i've slid backwards in quite a few ways but because i function after a fashion, and have no one coming to see how things are domestically , it flies under the radar.

Don't know if this might help, give it a try and let us know?

http://www.makeuseof...dir/iwantsandy/

[firemonkey]

Spartikus Rex, on 29 April 2012 - 07:25 PM, said:

Don't know if this might help, give it a try and let us know?

http://www.makeuseof...dir/iwantsandy/

Thanks but the link to the I want Sandy site doesn't work.

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firemonkey, on 29 April 2012 - 08:24 PM, said:

Thanks but the link to the I want Sandy site doesn't work.

Could have moved site but there are other time management software options out there - it's worth digging around and seeing what you can find? There's no difference to memory aids than wearing glasses or anything for a physical ailment. Mental health charities maybe need to get more organised with supportive technologys considering more expectations are being placed on service users with regards coping with everyday life.

[firemonkey]

Spartikus Rex, on 29 April 2012 - 09:06 PM, said:

Could have moved site but there are other time management software options out there - it's worth digging around and seeing what you can find? There's no difference to memory aids than wearing glasses or anything for a physical ailment. Mental health charities maybe need to get more organised with supportive technologys considering more expectations are being placed on service users with regards coping with everyday life.

My memory,although my long is better than my short term,isn't too bad.
Where i fall down is executive function skills,like organising and planning.