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Feeding Styles and Responsiveness in Mothers with Eating Disorders

Award Number: F30MH087998
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: FELLOWSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP/STUDENT LOANS
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2010
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2013

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Feeding Styles and Responsiveness in Mothers with Eating Disorders - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa represent a significant public health problem for young women in particular, affecting an estimated 2.4% of women of childbearing age in the United States. The children of mothers with eating disorder histories appear to be at especially high-risk for developing eating problems themselves. Yet, very little research has investigated how mothers with such histories interact with their young children in the feeding environment. An important component of early feeding is maternal responsiveness. Increased maternal responsiveness to child hunger and fullness cues is associated with the development of greater self-regulation of eating in childhood and decreased loss of control over eating or binge eating. Mothers with eating disorders may find it difficult to be responsive to their child during feeding due to heightened anxiety at mealtimes and fears about child weight gain. Despite the great importance of maternal feeding responsiveness for development of healthy child eating behavior, it remains unstudied in eating disorders. This proposed Kirschstein-NRSA individual fellowship (F30) aims to determine if mothers with histories of eating disorders differ from healthy mothers in their ability to recognize and respond to their child's hunger and fullness cues through the combined use of observational, self-report, and physiologic methods. This fellowship will provide the applicant with a uniquely integrated training in nutrition, eating disorders, and developmental psychology to further her career goals as a physician-scientist investigating the developmental origins of mental illness and the role of early nutrition in development of eating disorders. The specific aims of this F30 are: 1) to determine if mothers with histories of eating disorders display different responsiveness to child cues during a feeding episode that is video-recorded compared to mothers with no history of eating disorders; 2) to compare self-report of feeding style, parenting self-efficacy, and parenting stress in women with histories of eating disorders and healthy control mothers; and 3) to determine the extent to which mothers with histories of eating disorders differ from healthy control mothers in their physiologic response to feeding interactions with their child. This study will contribute to our understanding of the maternal emotional and physiologic response to the feeding environment in mothers with histories of eating disorders. Ultimately, this work will provide guidance on how best to target specific problematic feeding behaviors in interventions for these mothers designed to help reduce the risk of eating disorder development in their offspring.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = -$122 )
2017	2012	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL	104 AIRPORT DR STE 2200	CHAPEL HILL	NC	27599	ORANGE	USA	Mental Health National Research Service Awards for Research Training	000	3	5/15/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$122
														Subtotal = -$122

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = -$3,672 )
2014	2012	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL	440 WEST FRANKLIN ST, CB #1350	CHAPEL HILL	NC	27599	ORANGE	USA	Mental Health National Research Service Awards for Research Training	000	3	12/5/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$3,672
														Subtotal = -$3,672

Issue Date FY: 2012 ( Subtotal = $34,991 )
2012	2012	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL	440 WEST FRANKLIN ST, CB #1350	CHAPEL HILL	NC	27599	ORANGE	USA	Mental Health National Research Service Awards for Research Training	000	3	7/5/2012	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$34,991
														Subtotal = $34,991

Issue Date FY: 2011 ( Subtotal = $34,304 )
2011	2011	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL	440 WEST FRANKLIN ST, CB #1350	CHAPEL HILL	NC	27599	ORANGE	USA	Mental Health National Research Service Awards for Research Training	000	2	7/12/2011	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$34,304
														Subtotal = $34,304

Issue Date FY: 2010 ( Subtotal = $29,806 )
2010	2010	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL	440 WEST FRANKLIN ST, CB #1350	CHAPEL HILL	NC	27599	ORANGE	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	1	6/15/2010	NEW	$0
2010	2010	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL	440 WEST FRANKLIN ST, CB #1350	CHAPEL HILL	NC	27599	ORANGE	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	1	6/15/2010	NEW	$29,806
														Subtotal = $29,806

Grand Total All Awards = $95,307

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Feeding Styles and Responsiveness in Mothers with Eating Disorders

Award Number: F30MH087998

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: FELLOWSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP/STUDENT LOANS

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2010

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2013

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