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8th October 2018
11:00am BST
Researchers looked at school-going Norwegian children and concluded that kids whose parents offered them food to soothe them at age 4 and 6 were more likely to emotionally eat at ages 8 and 10, reports Refinery29.
"Such behaviour can increase the risk for being overweight and developing eating disorders," commented Dr Silje Steinsbekk, one of the researchers on the study.
While a single study is not definitive proof, we're sure that most of us remember a time where we were given a treat to cheer us up or even keep us quiet so maybe there is some truth in the findings.
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