Herle M, et al. - Given that emotional over-eating (EOE) and emotional under-eating (EUE) were common behaviours that develop in early childhood and were hypothesised to play a role in weight status, the researchers replicated this finding in a subsample (n = 398) of 4-year-old twins selected for high or low risk of obesity from another population-based cohort of British twins (the Twins Early Development Study). Using genetic model fitting, parental ratings of child EOE and EUE were analysed. Data reported that emotional eating in childhood was shaped by the home family environment. Therefore, parents were promising intervention targets.