Alaina Pearce

Cumulative intake curves are typically assessed with hidden scales to continuously measure intake. However, this requires limiting many eating behaviors that are typical for children or those with disordered eating (e.g., playing with/dissecting food).

1) Provide details on the types, amounts, and brands of foods served. Food reporting was inconsistent, even in controlled laboratory studies. While controlling foods is difficult in some settings (home, school), standardizing food reporting will improve reproducibility. 2/5

Even if never published publicly, lab data analysis plans may reduce the number of barriers to success in graduate school by demystifying some of the research process. This would save students time and reduce the chance of errors in data collection, management, and analysis.

1) LOC-eating was characterized by the combination of frequent food fussiness paired with lower parental pressure to eat Question: how do child appetitive traits and parent feeding practices influence each other and the development/presentation of LOC-eating in childhood? 2/5