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Kelly K Freeman Bost

Professor of Child Development PROF OF CHILD DEVLP Psychology

UIUC

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College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Department of Human Development and Family Studies

Human Development & Family Studies

Kelly K Freeman Bost is currently serving as a College Of Agricultural, Consumer And Environmental Sciences Professor of Child Development PROF OF CHILD DEVLP Psychology at Uiuc.

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Kelly K Freeman Bost

UIUC

Professor of Child Development PROF OF CHILD DEVLP Psychology

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child development psychology developmental psychology child psychology behavioral sciences social-emotional development pediatrics child nutrition early childhood development early childhood attachment theory behavioral nutrition pediatric obesity childhood obesity emotional selfregulation family psychology family interactions interpersonal relationships nutrition family process emotional development family relations child health developmental psychopathology social relations social skills education early childhood education peer relationships child mental health preschool children family studies weight disorders public health nutrition emotion regulation human development nutrition education early education parental care young children applied developmental psychology psychological science family involvement family relationships developmental epidemiology applied cognitive psychology parent leadership emotional responses obesity management secure base script attachment security food consumption family dynamics social skill assessment adolescent psychology food choice behavioral issues social competence head start household chaos social networks group socialization psychometrics population nutrition human memory explicit memory father involvement adult attachment peer acceptance child temperament negative affect emotional responsiveness social support networks functional mri investigation comparative analysis behavioural problems

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Longitudinal Study of Early Bite Profiles as Predictors of Eating Behaviors in Children: Food Responsiveness and Emotional Overeating.. PubMed (2025)

Sehyun JuSamantha IwinskiQiujie GongLedan YangKelly K Bost

food responsivenessbehavioral issueslongitudinal studiesbehavioral nutritionchild psychologychild nutritionpsychologypublic health nutritiondevelopmental psychopathologynutritionappetite controlhuman behaviorearly bite profileseating disorderspediatric obesitybehavioral sciencesweight disorderspediatricschildhood obesitychild development

Maternal Postpartum Depression and Children's Emotional Overeating: The Mediating Role of Executive Function. Eating Behaviors (2025)

Samantha J IwinskiSehyun JuQiujie GongKelly K Bost

mental healthemotional selfregulationemotional developmentpsychiatrymaternal postpartum depressionhealth psychologychild mental healthexecutive functiondevelopmental psychologyemotional overeatingchild psychologyaffective disorderschild developmentmaternal healthdepressionpsychology

Attachment, Feeling, and Feeding: Associations Between Caregivers’ Attachment, Emotional and Feeding Responsiveness, and Children’s Food Consumption. Appetite (2024)

Ana F SantosCarla FernandesMarília FernandesKelly K BostManuela Veríssimo

family processfeeding responsivenesspublic health nutritionfamily relationscaregivers ’ attachmentinterpersonal relationshipsnutritioncaregiverspsychologybehavioral nutritionfamily psychologychild nutritionfood choicechild developmentfood consumptionattachment theorybehavioral sciences

Biopsychosocial Pathways Model of Early Childhood Appetite Self-Regulation: Temperament as a Key to Modulation of Interactions Among Systems. Social Science & Medicine (2024)

Sehyun JuBrent A McBrideMerin OleschukKelly K Bost

behavior change (public health)appetite self-regulationobesity managementchildhood obesitynutritionpsychologybehavioral nutritionbiopsychosocial pathways modelfood choicechild nutritionpediatric obesityobesitybehavioral sciencesappetite controlbiopsychosocial systems

Reconciling Opposing Effects of Emotion on Relational Memory: Behavioral, Eye-Tracking, and Brain Imaging Investigations.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General (2024)

Paul C BogdanFlorin DolcosYuta KatsumiMargaret O'BrienAlexandru D IordanSamantha IwinskiSimona BuettiAlejandro LlerasKelly Freeman BostSanda Dolcos

affectpsychological sciencehuman memoryemotion impairs rmaffective neurosciencepsychologyexplicit memorymemory studiesemotion enhances memoryapplied cognitive psychologycognitive scienceassociative memory (psychology)emotionsrelational memorybehavioral sciencescognitionimplicit memoryemotional selfregulationmemoryemotional responses

Temperament and Emotional Overeating: The Mediating Role of Caregiver Response to Children’s Negative Emotions. Frontiers in Psychology (2024)

Sehyun JuSamantha IwinskiKelly K. Bost

emotional selfregulationaffectemotional developmentsocial-emotional developmentcaregiver responsedevelopmental psychologyinfant temperamentemotionspsychologychild psychologyemotion regulationemotional responseschild developmentearly temperamentbehavioral sciences

Dietary Patterns, Fiber Intake and Microbial-Derived Isobutyrate Are Associated With Executive Function in Toddlerhood. Current Developments in Nutrition (2022)

Arden McMathSamantha IwinskiKelly BostNaiman KhanSharon Donovan

pediatricsearly childhood developmentexecutive functionnutritioncognitive developmentgut microbesdietary patternsearly lifechild nutritionchild developmenthealth sciencesfiber intakenutritional sciences

Exploring Parents’ Perspectives on Feeding Their Young Children: A Qualitative Study Using Photo-Elicitation in Chile. Public Health Nutrition (2022)

Patricia Galvez EspinozaMarcela VizcarraPaulina MolinaMaría José ColomaMaría José StecherKelly BostAndiara Schwingel

health promotionpublic healthyoung childrenpublic health nutritionearly childhood developmentchild nutritionchild developmentnutritionearly childhoodnutrition educationchildhood obesitychildhood obesity problempediatric obesityfamily medicinepopulation nutrition

Infant Temperament and Mealtime Distractions as Predictors of Preschool Children's Bite Speed During Family Mealtime. Appetite (2022)

Sehyun JuSamantha IwinskiBarbara H. FieseBrent A. McBrideKelly K. Bost

pediatricschild healthearly life exposurespreschool childrenearly childhood developmentbite speedearly childhoodcognitive developmentinfant temperamentdevelopmental epidemiologychild psychologychild nutritionchild developmentpsychology

Influences of Child Temperament and Household Chaos on Preschoolers' Emotional Eating. Childhood Obesity (2022)

Sehyun JuSamantha IwinskiBarbara H. FieseBrent A. McBrideKelly K. Bost

emotional selfregulationhousehold chaosemotional developmentearly childhood developmentsocial-emotional developmentchild nutritionnutritionearly childhoodchildhood obesitychild temperamentpsychologybehavioral nutritioneating disorderschild psychologypediatric obesitychild developmentemotional eatingbehavioral sciences

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Kelly K Freeman Bost

Professor of Child Development PROF OF CHILD DEVLP Psychology

UIUC

Affiliations

College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Department of Human Development and Family Studies

Human Development & Family Studies

Kelly K Freeman Bost is currently serving as a College Of Agricultural, Consumer And Environmental Sciences Professor of Child Development PROF OF CHILD DEVLP Psychology at Uiuc.

Honors