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Summary
How We Eat is a review of the available evidence on the effect of selected eating behaviours on diet and body size. The topics reviewed are: breastfeeding, parental feeding practices and parenting style, adult role modelling, responsive eating, mealtimes and food literacy. A review of relevant New Zealand research was included.
The evidence was assessed using a process developed by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council.
The outcome of the review is a series of evidence statements for different life stages relating to the behaviours reviewed.
How We Eat is an issue-based document within the Eating and Activity Guidelines Series.