Physical and emotional development, appetite and body image in adolescents who failed to thrive as infants

Drewett, Robert; Corbett, Sally; Wright, Charlotte

doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2005.01529.x

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“…Differences persisting after adjustment (eg, poorer ability at 8 years in divided attention) must be interpreted with caution in view of the small effect sizes and the large number of non-significant outcomes. The lack of adverse effects is in agreement with UK population-based studies where growth faltering was defined using similar conditional anthropometric criteria—for example, Drewett et al ,24 36 but differs from studies based on families from deprived backgrounds 23. This study builds on those reports with a population-based sample, a greater number of cases and a wider range of outcomes, and provides clear messages for clinical practice.…”

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Psychosocial and educational outcomes of weight faltering in infancy in ALSPAC

2013

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ObjectivesTo investigate whether infants with weight faltering have impaired psychosocial and educational outcomes in later childhood.DesignFollow-up of infants with weight faltering in a large UK cohort study.SettingThe Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC).Participants11 534 term infants from ALSPAC with complete weight records. Weight gain (conditional on initial weight) was calculated for three periods: from birth to 8 weeks, 8 weeks to 9 months, and birth to 9 months. Cases of weight faltering were defined as those infants with a conditional weight gain below the 5th centile, and these were compared with the rest of the cohort as the control group.OutcomesBetween 6 and 11 years, social, emotional and behavioural development was measured by direct assessment of the children and parental and teacher report. Educational outcomes included Standardised Assessment Test results at 7 and 11 years and Special Educational Needs status at age 11.ResultsDifferences seen on univariate analysis in attention, non-verbal accuracy, educational attainment and special educational needs became non-significant after adjustment for confounding. Children with weight faltering in infancy did not differ from controls on any measures of self-esteem, peer relationships, experience of bullying, social cognition, antisocial activities, anxiety, depression or behavioural problems.ConclusionsWeight faltering in early infancy was associated with poorer educational outcomes in later childhood, but these associations were explained by confounding. The subsequent psychosocial development of infants with slow weight gain was not different from that of their peers.

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Psychosocial and educational outcomes of weight faltering in infancy in ALSPAC

2013

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“…Adolescents who failed to thrive as infants did not have more anxiety or depressive scores compared with healthy adolescents (Drewett et al 2006); however, childhood feeding disorders may lead to later forms of psychiatric disorders, mainly increasing the risk for anxiety disorders (Cinemre 1999). Longitudinal clinical follow up is essential for children with eating disorders.…”

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Fluoxetine in Posttraumatic Eating Disorder in 2-Year-Old Twins

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Tahiroğlu

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Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

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Feeding disorders of infancy or early childhood are relatively uncommon in the pediatric population. In posttraumatic eating disorder, the infant demonstrates food refusal after a traumatic event or repeated traumatic events to the oropharynx or esophagus. We present case reports of 24-month-old twin girls, A and B, who presented to our clinic with food refusal and fear of feeding. Several invasive gastrointestinal procedures were performed when they were 3 months old, and they started to refuse all solid food and some liquids soon after hospitalization. Fluoxetine 0.3 mg/kg per day (5 mg/day) was started to target their anxiety and fear about feeding. In the second month of weekly follow up, the children began to be fed without a nasogastric catheter. A significant decrease in anxiety and fear was observed during feeding. Although the use of serotonin-selective reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in preschool children is controversial due to the lack of empirical data in this age group, we observed clinical improvements in anxiety in these two cases. Furthermore, fluoxetine was well tolerated and no side effects were observed.

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“…5,9,26 As both parents of the late weightfaltering infants were shorter than the parents of control children, it is likely that a proportion of these children were showing growth patterns normal for their genetic potential. The Millennium Cohort Study in the United Kingdom has concluded that both maternal and paternal height and weight exert independent and significant influences on a child' s birth weight and weight gain between birth and 9 months.…”

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“…In early studies of failure to thrive, slow-growing infants were found to have poor anthropometric outcomes in later life, 1,2 to have gained less weight by age 5 years, 3 to be shorter and lighter at age 6 years, 4 and to have lower BMI at age 12 years. 5 Many researchers have identified cases by using a weight for age below a certain centile. However, using a centile-based cutoff for weight will include many healthy, normal small infants.…”

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