ArticleInternational journal of obesity (2005)2012
A twin study of self-regulatory eating in early childhood: estimates of genetic and environmental influence, and measurement considerations.
Article in International journal of obesity (2005), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03075085 (Developing and Testing Implementation Strategies for Evidence-Based Obesity Prevention in Childcare), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Developing and Testing Implementation Strategies for Evidence-Based Obesity Prevention in Childcare
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
- Inter-individual differences in children's short-term energy compensation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- A mixed methods protocol for developing and testing implementation strategies for evidence-based obesity prevention in childcare: a cluster randomized hybrid type III trial.Implementation science : IS · 2017Trial
- Does milk matter: Is children's intake affected by the type or amount of milk served at a meal?Appetite · 2016Trial
- Effects of apple form on satiety in 4-6 year-old children: possible evidence of sex differences.Appetite · 2026Article
- PACE: a Novel Eating Behavior Phenotype to Assess Risk for Obesity in Middle Childhood.The Journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Is obesity more likely among children sharing a household with an older child with obesity? Cross-sectional study of linked National Child Measurement Programme data and electronic health records.BMJ paediatrics open · 2024Article
- The relationship between COVID-related parenting stress, nonresponsive feeding behaviors, and parent mental health.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2023Article
- Examining the Role of Food Form on Children's Self-Regulation of Energy Intake.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- A Critical Review of Statistical Methods for Twin Studies Relating Exposure to Early Life Health Conditions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Development and preliminary testing of a technology-enhanced intervention to improve energy intake regulation in children.Appetite · 2020Article
- Caloric compensation and appetite control in children of different weight status and predisposition to obesity.Appetite · 2020Article
- Prenatal predictors of objectively measured appetite regulation in low-income toddlers and preschool-age children.Pediatric obesity · 2019Article
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- Gene-Environment Interplay in Child Eating Behaviors: What the Role of "Nature" Means for the Effects of "Nurture".Current nutrition reports · 2018Review
- Identifying behavioral phenotypes for childhood obesity.Appetite · 2018Review
- Pediatric Eating Behaviors as the Intersection of Biology and Parenting: Lessons from the Birds and the Bees.Current nutrition reports · 2018Review
- Friends and social contexts as unshared environments: a discordant sibling analysis of obesity- and health-related behaviors in young adolescents.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2017Article
- Latina mothers' influences on child appetite regulation.Appetite · 2016Article
- Satiety and the Self-Regulation of Food Take in Children: a Potential Role for Gene-Environment Interplay.Current obesity reports · 2016Review
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Abstract
objectiveChildren differ greatly in their ability to self-regulate food intake for reasons that are poorly understood. This laboratory-based twin study tested the genetic and environmental contributions to self-regulatory eating and body fat in early childhood.
methodsA total of 69 4-7 year-old same-sex twin pairs, including 40 monozygotic and 29 dizygotic pairs, were studied. Self-regulatory eating was operationalized as the percentage compensation index (COMPX%), assessed by a 'preload' challenge in which lunch intake was measured following a low- (3 kcal) or high-calorie (159 kcal) drink. Body fat indexes also were measured. The familial association for COMPX% was estimated by an intraclass correlation, and biometric analyses estimated heritability.
resultsChildren ate more at lunch following the low- compared with high-energy preload (P<0.001), although variability in COMPX% was considerable. Compensation was significantly poorer among African American and Hispanic compared with European American children, and among girls compared with boys. There was a familial association for self-regulatory eating (ρ = 0.23, P = 0.03) but no significant genetic component. In all, 22% of the variance in COMPX% was due to shared environmental 'household' factors, with the remaining variance attributable to child-specific 'unique' or 'random' environments. Poorer self-regulatory eating was associated with greater percent body fat (r = -0.21, P = 0.04).
conclusionsSelf-regulatory eating was influenced by environmental factors, especially those differing among siblings. The absence of a significant genetic effect may reflect the age of the sample or could be artifactual due to measurement issues that need to be considered in future studies.
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