ArticleEuropean journal of nutrition2021
Bidirectional relationships between appetitive behaviours and body mass index in childhood: a cross-lagged analysis in the Generation XXI birth cohort.
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- Patterns of Eating Behavior among 13-Year-Old Adolescents and Associated Factors: Findings from the Generation XXI Birth Cohort.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Development of Appetite: Tracking and Age-Related Differences in Appetitive Traits in Childhood.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Subclinical binge eating symptoms in early adolescence and its preceding and concurrent factors: a population-based study.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Genetic and environmental contributions to variations on appetitive traits at 10 years of age: a twin study within the Generation XXI birth cohort.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Validity of the Adult Eating Behavior Questionnaire and Its Relationship with Parent-Reported Eating Behaviors among Adolescents in Portugal.Nutrients · 2022Article
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purposeAppetitive behaviours have been associated with body mass index (BMI). However, existing data were largely derived from cross-sectional studies and cannot provide insight into the direction of associations. We aimed to explore the bidirectionality of these associations in school-age children.
methodsParticipants are from the Generation XXI birth cohort, assessed at both 7 and 10 years of age (n = 4264; twins excluded). The Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) was used to measure appetitive behaviours (8 subscales). Anthropometrics were measured and WHO BMI z-score was calculated. Cross-lagged analyses were performed to compare the magnitude and direction of the associations (behaviours at 7 years to BMI z-score at 10 years and the reverse) (covariates: child's sex, physical exercise, maternal age and education; plus BMI z-score at age 7 or, in the reverse direction, the subscale score).
resultsIn cross-lagged analyses, appetitive behaviours at 10 years of age (apart from emotional undereating) were shown to be reactive to the child BMI z-score at 7 years of age. Only slowness in eating was significantly related to subsequent BMI. However, the strongest association was from the child BMI z-score to the behaviour (β
conclusionsBMI at age 7 was related to appetitive behaviours at 10 years of age, rather than the reverse. This suggests that children with a higher BMI in middle childhood are at increased risk of developing an avid appetite over time.
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