Research shows that controlling parents may be fueling emotional eating in their children.

This research on emotional eating will be presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland annual conference in Kilkenny today.

Dr Jonathan Egan is Adjunct Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at NUI Galway and principal psychologist in the Mater Hospital.

Dr Egan said that that pushy parents can lead to children in distress that turn to food for comfort.

He also said with modern day parenting we might see children turning to technology and ' compulsive video gaming'

Listen to the full interview here: