The prospective relation between eating behaviors and BMI from middle childhood to adolescence: A 5-wave community study
Some eating behaviors are associated with increased risk of childhood obesity and are thus potential targets for obesity prevention. However, longitudinal research, especially on older children and adolescents, is needed to substantiate such a claim. Using data from a representative birth cohort of...
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| description | Some eating behaviors are associated with increased risk of childhood obesity and are thus potential targets for obesity prevention. However, longitudinal research, especially on older children and adolescents, is needed to substantiate such a claim. Using data from a representative birth cohort of Norwegian children followed up biennially from age 6 to age 14 (analysis sample: n = 802), we tested if change in eating behaviors predicts increased body mass index (BMI) throughout childhood and adolescence, or if it is the other way around; higher BMI predicting more obesogenic eating. Eating behaviors were measured using the Children’s Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) and BMI was measured objectively using digital scales. To separate within-person- and between-person effects and control for all time-invariant confounders (i.e., variables that do not change over the study period), we applied an autoregressive latent trajectory model with structured residuals (ALT-SR). Results showed that increases in obesogenic eating behaviors did not predict higher BMI at any age. It was the other way around: Increased BMI predicted increases in food responsiveness and emotional overeating at all time points, and enjoyment of food from 8 to 10 years and from 10 to 12 years. Furthermore, increased BMI predicted decreases in satiety responsiveness at all time points except from age 12 to age 14, as well as diminished emotional undereating from 12 to 14 years. One implication of our findings, if replicated, is that targeting obesogenic eating behaviors to change weight outcomes may be less effective in children older than age 6. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-336d4501d62c4897a8600479dbc294572022-12-22T00:29:42ZengElsevierPreventive Medicine Reports2211-33552022-06-0127101795The prospective relation between eating behaviors and BMI from middle childhood to adolescence: A 5-wave community studyOda Bjørklund0Lars Wichstrøm1Clare Llewellyn2Silje Steinsbekk3Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Dragvoll 7491 Trondheim, Norway; St Olav University Hospital, 7030 Trondheim, Norway; Corresponding author at: Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Dragvoll 7491 Trondheim, Norway.Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Dragvoll 7491 Trondheim, Norway; St Olav University Hospital, 7030 Trondheim, NorwayDepartment of Behavioural Science & Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HB, UKDepartment of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Dragvoll 7491 Trondheim, NorwaySome eating behaviors are associated with increased risk of childhood obesity and are thus potential targets for obesity prevention. However, longitudinal research, especially on older children and adolescents, is needed to substantiate such a claim. Using data from a representative birth cohort of Norwegian children followed up biennially from age 6 to age 14 (analysis sample: n = 802), we tested if change in eating behaviors predicts increased body mass index (BMI) throughout childhood and adolescence, or if it is the other way around; higher BMI predicting more obesogenic eating. Eating behaviors were measured using the Children’s Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) and BMI was measured objectively using digital scales. To separate within-person- and between-person effects and control for all time-invariant confounders (i.e., variables that do not change over the study period), we applied an autoregressive latent trajectory model with structured residuals (ALT-SR). Results showed that increases in obesogenic eating behaviors did not predict higher BMI at any age. It was the other way around: Increased BMI predicted increases in food responsiveness and emotional overeating at all time points, and enjoyment of food from 8 to 10 years and from 10 to 12 years. Furthermore, increased BMI predicted decreases in satiety responsiveness at all time points except from age 12 to age 14, as well as diminished emotional undereating from 12 to 14 years. One implication of our findings, if replicated, is that targeting obesogenic eating behaviors to change weight outcomes may be less effective in children older than age 6.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335522001024Eating behaviorsObesogenic eatingBMIChildAdolescentLongitudinal |
| spellingShingle | Oda Bjørklund Lars Wichstrøm Clare Llewellyn Silje Steinsbekk The prospective relation between eating behaviors and BMI from middle childhood to adolescence: A 5-wave community study Preventive Medicine Reports Eating behaviors Obesogenic eating BMI Child Adolescent Longitudinal |
| title | The prospective relation between eating behaviors and BMI from middle childhood to adolescence: A 5-wave community study |
| title_full | The prospective relation between eating behaviors and BMI from middle childhood to adolescence: A 5-wave community study |
| title_fullStr | The prospective relation between eating behaviors and BMI from middle childhood to adolescence: A 5-wave community study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The prospective relation between eating behaviors and BMI from middle childhood to adolescence: A 5-wave community study |
| title_short | The prospective relation between eating behaviors and BMI from middle childhood to adolescence: A 5-wave community study |
| title_sort | prospective relation between eating behaviors and bmi from middle childhood to adolescence a 5 wave community study |
| topic | Eating behaviors Obesogenic eating BMI Child Adolescent Longitudinal |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335522001024 |
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