Resources and links for organizations and policy-makers
Integrate ecSatter and fdSatter into health and nutrition policyAdults and their eating
Eating competence definition and evidence
Eating competence theory and practice
Professional articles
- Satter EM. Eating Competence: definition and evidence for the Satter Eating Competence Model. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2007;39:S142-S153.
- Satter E. Hierarchy of food needs. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2007;39(Suppl):S187-188.
- Satter EM. Nutrition education with the Satter Eating Competence Model. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2007;39 (suppl):S189-S194.
- Lohse B, Satter E, Horacek T, Gebreselassie T, Oakland MJ. Measuring eating competence: psychometric properties and validity of the ecSatter Inventory. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2007;39(5 Suppl):S154-166.
- Stotts JL, Lohse B. Reliability of the ecSatter Inventory as a tool to measure eating competence. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2007;39(5 Suppl):S167-170.
- Psota TL, Lohse B, West SG. Associations between eating competence and cardiovascular disease biomarkers. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2007;39(5 Suppl):S171-178.
- Lohse B, Psota T, Estruch R, et al. Eating competence of elderly Spanish adults is associated with a healthy diet and a favorable cardiovascular disease risk profile. J Nutr. 2010;140(7):1322-1327.
- Lohse B, Bailey RL, Krall JS, Wall DE, Mitchell DC. Diet quality is related to eating competence in cross-sectional sample of low-income females surveyed in Pennsylvania. Appetite. 2012;58:645-650.
- Tilles-Tirkkonen T, Nuutinen O, Suominen S, Liukkonen J, Poutanen K, Karhunen L. Preliminary Finnish measures of eating competence suggest association with health-promoting eating patterns and related psychobehavioral factors in 10–17 year old adolescents. Nutrients.2015;7:3828-3846.
- Quick V, Shoff S, Lohse B, White A, Horacek T, Greene G. Relationships of eating competence, sleep behaviors and quality, and overweight status among college students. Eat Behav. 2015;19:15-19.
- Greene GW, White AA, Hoerr SL, et al. Impact of an online healthful eating and physical activity program for college students. Am J Health Promot.2012;27(2):e47-58.
- Clifford D, Linda A, Keeler LA, Gray K, Steingrube A, Neyman Morris M.Weight attitudes predict eating competence among college students. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal. 2010;39:184-193.
- Gormican A, Satter EM, Valentine J. Relationships of maternal weight gain, pre-pregnancy weight, and infant birth-weight. J Amer Diet Assoc.1980;77:662-667.
Feeding children
Feeding dynamics definition and evidence
- Satter Feeding Dynamics Model (fdSatter) definition and evidence
- Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family Appendix I: Children and food regulation – the research
- Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family Appendix J: Children and food acceptance – the research
Division of responsibility in feeding and in activity
Feeding dynamics theory and practice
- Cultural issues in feeding
- Primary intervention with growth
- Should you control portion sizes?
- Should you put your child on skim milk?
- Theoretical underpinnings of feeding: Research, education, intervention
- USDA FNS child feeding policies and recommendations: what is the role for the division of responsibility in feeding?
- Vegetable agenda: Getting children to eat “nutritious” food
Professional articles
- Satter E. Adjusting the Eneli et al. Feeding Dynamic Intervention to make it consistent with Satter feeding and eating models. Contemp Clin Trials. 2015;43:279-280.
- Satter E. Testing Satter’s Division of Responsibility in Feeding in the context of restrictive snack management practices. American Journal of Clincal Nutrition. 2014;100:986-987.
- Lohse B, Satter E, Arnold K. Development of a tool to assess adherence to a model of the division of responsibility in feeding young children: using response mapping to capacitate validation measures. Child Obes. 2014;10(2):153-168.
- Satter EM. Promoting “healthy” food in the context of internal regulation of eating: Comment on Slusser et al. Child Obes.2013;9:557-558.
- Satter E, Lohse B. The quest for children’s food acceptance. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2013;113:508-509.
- Lohse B, Satter E, Arnold KS. Satter Feeding Dynamics Inventory: Response mapping identified a valid tool to assess parent adherence to the division of responsibility in feeding young children. FASEB J. 2013;27:623.627.
- Danaher C, Fredericks D. Responsive feeding and the division of responsibility. J Nutr. 2012;142(1):134.
- Estes PR, Anchondo IM. Responsive Feeding and Satter’s Feeding Dynamic Models. J. Nutr. 2011;141:2095.
- Satter E. The Satter Feeding Dynamics Model of child overweight definition, prevention and intervention. In: O’Donahue W, Moore BA, Scott B, eds. Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity Treatment: A Comprehensive Handbook. New York: Taylor and Francis; 2007:287-314.
- Davies WH, Satter E, Berlin KS, et al. Reconceptualizing feeding and feeding disorders in interpersonal context: The case for a relational disorder. J Fam Psychol. 2006;20:409-417.
- Satter EM. Children, the feeding relationship, and weight. Maryland Medicine. 2004;Summer:26-28.
- Satter EM. A moderate view on fat restriction for young children. J Amer Diet Assoc. 2000(100):32-36.
- Satter EM. Internal regulation and the evolution of normal growth as the basis for prevention of obesity in childhood. J Am Diet Assoc.1996;96:860-864.
- Satter EM. Feeding dynamics: Helping children to eat well. J Pediatr Health Car. 1995;9:178-184.
- Satter EM. The new paradigm of trust. Healthy Weight Journal.1995;9(6):110-111.
- Satter EM. The feeding relationship: problems and interventions.The Journal of pediatrics. 1990;117:S181-S189.
- Satter EM. Childhood feeding problems. Feelings and Their Medical Significance: Ross Laboratories; 1990:6-10.
- Satter EM. Should the obese child diet? In: Clark KL, Parr RB, Castelli WP, eds. Evaluation and Management of Eating Disorders. Illinois: Life Enhancement Publications; 1988:61-75.
- Satter EM. The feeding relationship. J Am Diet Assoc. 1986;86:352-356.
Adult weight and overweight
Nutrition policy and ecSatter
Child weight and overweight
Nutrition policy and fdSatter
- Child overweight: are current guidelines helpful? do they do harm?
- Prevention of child overweight in the community: Satter Feeding Dynamics Model
- Primary intervention with growth
- Satter Feeding Dynamics Model of child overweight: Evidence basis
- Should you control portion sizes?
- Should you put your child on skim milk?
- Stop being hysterical about “obesity!”
- Vegetable agenda: Getting children to eat “nutritious” food
- Your Child’s Weight: Helping without harming chapter 1 – “Help without harming”
- Your Child’s Weight: Helping without Harming Appendix I – “Health risks of child overweight”
- Weight loss for children
fdSatter theory and practice
- Children who are obsessed with food
- Children’s eating and growth
- Doctors and weight: Helping without harming
- Early infant weight gain, obesity, and adult disease
- Labeling overweight children as obese
- Overweight kids are not gluttons
- Primary intervention with growth
- Satter feeding dynamics model of child overweight
- Schools are not weight-loss camps
- Talking with your child about weight
- Stop being hysterical about “obesity!
- Toddler who “can’t get filled up”
- Your Child’s Weight: Helping without harming (Book)
Professional Articles
- Agras, W.S. et al. Improving healthy eating in families with a toddler at risk for overweight: A cluster randomized controlled trial. J Dev Behav Pediatr 33:529-534. 2012
- Eneli IU, Crum PA, Tylka TL. The Trust Model: A Different Feeding Paradigm for Managing Childhood Obesity. Obesity. 2008;16(10):2197-2204.
- Lohse B, Satter E, Arnold K. Development of a tool to assess adherence to a model of the division of responsibility in feeding young children: using response mapping to capacitate validation measures. Child Obes. 2014;10(2):153-168.
- Satter, E. Adjusting the Eneli et al. Feeding Dynamic Intervention to make it consistent with Satter feeding and eating models. Contemp Clin Trials 43: 279-80. 2015.
- Satter EM. Internal regulation and the evolution of normal growth as the basis for prevention of obesity in childhood. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 1996;96:860-864.
- Satter EM. Promoting “healthy” food in the context of internal regulation of eating: Comment on Slusser et al. Child Obes. 2013;9:557-558.
- Satter E. The Satter Feeding Dynamics Model of child overweight definition, prevention and intervention. In: O’Donahue W, Moore BA, Scott B, eds. Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity Treatment: A Comprehensive Handbook. New York: Taylor and Francis; 2007:287-314.
- Satter, E. Testing Satter’s Division of Responsibility in Feeding in the context of restrictive snack management practices. Comment on Rollins, et al Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 100:986-987.
Books and videos by Ellyn Satter
See what feeding looks like when parents follow the division of responsibility - and when they don't. Find out that feeding your child is not all that much different).
- See Ellyn Satter’s Feeding with Love and Good Sense DVD II. For home use version, click here.
- See Feeding with Love and Good Sense I. The haircuts are funny and the TVs have knobs, but the feeding interactions are as fresh as ever! Bargain price!
School and community
Nutrition policy and the Satter models
- Prevention of child overweight in the school setting: Satter Feeding Dynamics Model
- School nutrition horror stories
- Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family Appendix H: Nutrition education in the schools
- Should you control portion sizes?
- Should you put your child on skim milk?
- Stop being hysterical about “obesity!”
- Theoretical underpinnings of feeding: Research, education, intervention
- USDA FNS child feeding policies and recommendations: what is the role for the division of responsibility in feeding?
- Your Child’s Weight Appendix G: Feeding and parenting in the school setting