Continuity and stability of eating behaviour traits in children

Ashcroft, Jo; Semmler, Claudia; Carnell, Susan; Jaarsveld, Cornelia H M van; Wardle, Jane

doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602855

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“…A number of studies in childhood have found relationships between child eating behaviour and overweight or adiposity (26)(27)(28)(29) , but these were not prospective, making it difficult to distinguish cause and effect. One study has shown that child eating behaviours track through mid childhood (30) . Recent work in this area has suggested that childhood eating behaviours associated with adiposity are quite strongly heritable (31) and thus one might expect that there would be behavioural associations with adiposity present at the earliest age.…”

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To what extent do weight gain and eating avidity during infancy predict later adiposity?

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Sherriff³

et al. 2011

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Objective: To determine the extent to which weight gain and eating behaviours in infancy predict later adiposity. Design: Population-based, prospective, longitudinal birth cohort study. Weights collected in infancy were used to calculate Z-scores for weight gain to age 1 year conditional on birth weight (CWG). To avoid multiple significance tests, variables from the parent questionnaire completed at age 1 year describing eating avidity were combined using general linear modelling to create an infancy avidity score. Anthropometry, skinfold thicknesses and bioelectrical impedance data collected at age 7-8 years were combined using factor analysis, to create an adiposity index. Setting: Gateshead, UK. Subjects: Members of the Gateshead Millennium Study cohort with data at both time points (n 561). Results: CWG in infancy significantly predicted adiposity at age 7 years, but related more strongly to length and lean mass. High adiposity (. 90th internal percentile) at age 7 years was significantly associated with high CWG (relative risk 2?76; 95 % CI 1?5, 5?1) in infancy, but less so with raised (. 74th internal percentile) eating avidity in infancy (relative risk 1?87; 95 % CI 0?9, 3?7). However, the majority of children with high weight gain (77?6 %) or avidity (85?5 %) in infancy did not go on to have high adiposity at age 7 years. Conclusions: Rapid weight gain in infancy and the eating behaviours which relate to it do predict later adiposity, but are more strongly predictive of later stature and lean mass. Keywords Obesity Weight velocity Feeding behaviour InfancyA number of studies have found significant associations between rapid infancy weight gain and later overweight (1) , leading to the suggestion that prevention (2,3) and even treatment of childhood obesity (4,5) should begin as early as the first year of life. However, weight gain in infancy reflects growth in bone and muscle as well as fat and some infants will be showing rapid gain in height or lean mass rather than adiposity (6) . Thus while on average rapid weight gain may predict later adiposity, what is not clear is how well it would prospectively identify individual children at risk. There is also recent research that suggests there are distinctive childhood eating behaviours related to overweight which may reflect an inherent tendency to overeat (7) , so eating behaviour in infancy could predispose to, or protect against, later obesity (7,8) .Apart from studies examining how the type and style of milk feeding relates to later obesity (9-11) , we currently know little about eating behaviour in infancy and even less about how it tracks on to later adiposity or eating style. We hypothesised that eating avidity, a global term to denote enthusiasm and hunger for food, might be a useful predictor of gain in fat. The Gateshead Millennium Study was set up in order to examine infant growth and weight gain and how this relates to eating behaviour, prospectively measured from birth (12) . These children have now been followed into childhood where me...

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To what extent do weight gain and eating avidity during infancy predict later adiposity?

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et al. 2011

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“…There is some evidence on heritability and tracking of certain eating behaviours. 32,33 Hence, assessing eating behaviour by a short questionnaire could be useful in child health care to identify normal weight children with a susceptibility to overeating and weight gain, and who therefore would benefit most from dietary counselling. Such effective intervention approaches targeted towards children are needed.…”

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Dietary factors associated with overweight and body adiposity in Finnish children aged 6–8 years: the PANIC Study

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OBJECTIVES:To investigate the associations of dietary factors with overweight, body fat percentage (BF%), waist circumference (WC) and hip circumference (HC) among children. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis of the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children (PANIC) Study among 510 children (263 boys, 247 girls) aged 6-8 years from Kuopio, Finland. METHODS: The children's weight, height, WC and HC were measured. Overweight was defined by International Obesity Task Force body mass index cutoffs. The BF% was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, nutrient intakes and meal frequency by 4-day food records and eating behaviour by Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire. RESULTS: Daily consumption of all the three main meals was inversely associated with overweight (odds ratio (OR) 0.37, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.18-0. CONCLUSIONS: Promoting regular consumption of main meals and healthy eating behaviours should be emphasized in the prevention of overweight among children. More research is needed on the association of protein-rich foods with body adiposity in children.

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“…This is important because research has shown that children's eating behaviours and parental feeding practices are relatively stable from infancy into later childhood. 33,34 Examining cultural differences in the stability and continuity of both eating behaviours and parental feeding practices is also an important area for further work.…”

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Cultural differences in parental feeding practices and children’s eating behaviours and their relationships with child BMI: a comparison of Black Afro-Caribbean, White British and White German samples

Blissett

Bennett

2012

Eur J Clin Nutr

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Cultural differences in parental feeding practices and children's eating behaviours and their relationships with child BMI: a comparison of Black Afro-Caribbean, White British and White German samples J Blissett and C Bennett BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Childhood obesity rates differ between cultural groups in Europe. Parents influence their children's weight status and eating behaviours through feeding practices. We investigated cultural differences in feeding practices and eating behaviours and their relation to child weight in three groups that differed in cultural background and geographical location. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Fifty-two White German (WG) families, in Germany (44 mothers, mean age 33.8 years), 79 White British (WB) families, in the UK (74 mothers, mean age 37.8) and 40 Black Afro-Caribbean (BAC) families, in the UK (34 mothers, mean age 31.8) participated in this study of 2-12-year-old children. Parents completed questionnaires assessing feeding practices and eating behaviours; children were measured and weighed by experimenters. RESULTS: MANCOVAs indicated that BAC parents used the highest levels of restrictive feeding practices and the lowest levels of monitoring, and their children showed the highest levels of food-approach behaviours. WG parents used the lowest levels of pressure to eat. Partial correlations showed that food-approach behaviours were correlated with child BMI in BAC and WG families but not in WB families. Parental restriction was associated with child Body Mass Index (BMI) in BAC families only. CONCLUSIONS: There are both similarities and differences in feeding practices and eating behaviours and their relationships with child weight in different cultural groups. Findings highlight the importance of being aware of cultural differences when carrying out research with multi-cultural samples in Europe.

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Continuity and stability of eating behaviour traits in children

Cited by 335 publications

References 37 publications

To what extent do weight gain and eating avidity during infancy predict later adiposity?

To what extent do weight gain and eating avidity during infancy predict later adiposity?

Dietary factors associated with overweight and body adiposity in Finnish children aged 6–8 years: the PANIC Study

Cultural differences in parental feeding practices and children’s eating behaviours and their relationships with child BMI: a comparison of Black Afro-Caribbean, White British and White German samples

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