ArticleThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2009
Infant temperament contributes to early infant growth: A prospective cohort of African American infants.
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- Infant temperament and parent use of food to soothe predict change in weight-for-length across infancy: early risk factors for childhood obesity.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2018Article
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- Infant difficulty and early weight gain: does fussing promote overfeeding?Maternal & child nutrition · 2014Article
- Physical activity in infancy: developmental aspects, measurement, and importance.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2014Review
- Who's feeding baby? Non-maternal involvement in feeding and its association with dietary intakes among infants and toddlers.Appetite · 2013Article
- Pressuring and restrictive feeding styles influence infant feeding and size among a low-income African-American sample.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2013Article
- Maternal characteristics and perception of temperament associated with infant TV exposure.Pediatrics · 2013Article
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backgroundProspective studies linking infant temperament, or behavioral style, to infant body composition are lacking. In this longitudinal study (3 to 18 months), we seek to examine the associations between two dimensions of infant temperament (distress to limitations and activity level) and two anthropometric indicators (weight-for-length z-scores (WLZ) and skin fold (SF) measures) in a population at high risk of overweight.
methodsData are from the Infant Care and Risk of Obesity Project, a longitudinal study of North Carolina low income African American mother-infant dyads (n = 206). Two temperament dimensions were assessed using the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised. A high distress to limitations score denotes an infant whose mother perceives that s/he often cries or fusses, and a high activity level score one who moves his/her limbs and squirms frequently. Cross-sectional analyses were conducted using ordinary least squares regression. Fixed effects longitudinal models were used to estimate anthropometric outcomes as a function of time varying infant temperament.
resultsIn longitudinal models, increased activity levels were associated with later decreased fatness and WLZ. In contrast, high levels of distress to limitations were associated with later increased fatness at all time points and later increased WLZ at 12 months.
conclusionInfant temperament dimensions contribute to our understanding of the role of behavior in the development of the risk of overweight in the formative months of life. Identification of modifiable risk factors early in life may help target strategies for establishing healthy lifestyles prior to the onset of overweight.
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