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Bidirectional relationships between appetitive behaviours and body mass index in childhood: a cross-lagged analysis in the Generation XXI birth cohort
- Source :
- European journal of nutrition. 60(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Purpose Appetitive 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. Methods Participants 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). Results In 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 (βstandardized = − 0.028 compared with βstandardized = − 0.103, likelihood ratio test p
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
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Medicine (miscellaneous)
Appetite
Child Behavior
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Physical exercise
Eating behaviours
Body Mass Index
BMI
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Medicine
Animals
Humans
Eating behaviour
Child
media_common
Appetitive Behavior
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
business.industry
Feeding Behavior
Anthropometry
Increased risk
Cross-Sectional Studies
Cross lagged
Longitudinal
Cross-lagged
business
Birth cohort
Body mass index
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14366215
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European journal of nutrition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....687f215e7de137774a6dcf0238fe7904