The research showed that the explicative power of parental attachment in children was much stronger than that of youth attachment in adults (18% vs 6%). This pattern of results is expected, as parental attachment plays a much more direct and essential role in children.

The importance of parental attachment in children and healthy eating patterns.

Adults who rated their youth parental attachment patterns as more insecure consumed more HCFs than adults who evaluated their youth parental attachment as being less insecure.      

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The research highlighted the importance of parental attachment and its association with unhealthy eating patterns in children and adults.

The relationship between attachment and high-caloric food (HCF) consumption.

Faber, A., & Dubé, L. (2015). Parental attachment insecurity predicts child and adult high-caloric food consumption. Journal of Health Psychology, 20(5), 511-524.

Parental attachment insecurity predicts child and adult high-caloric food consumption

Children with higher insecure attachment consumed higher daily amounts of HCFs compared with less insecurely attached children.

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