PsychCentral's full article is here: Some Parents May Set the Stage for Kids’ Emotional Eating
PsychCentral: Some Parents May Set the Stage for Kids’ Emotional Eating
One problem with emotional eating is that when children eat to soothe their negative feelings, they tend to reach for sweets, and if they engage in emotional eating often, they are more likely to be overweight. Emotional eating is also tied to the development of later eating disorders, such as bulimia and binge eating.