Developmental trajectory of appetitive traits and their bidirectional relations with body mass index from infancy to early childhood.

Cummings, Jenna R ORCID: 0000-0001-8124-2666, Lipsky, Leah M, Faith, Myles S and Nansel, Tonja R (2023) Developmental trajectory of appetitive traits and their bidirectional relations with body mass index from infancy to early childhood. Clinical obesity, 14 (1). e12620-e12620.

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Abstract

Appetitive traits, including food responsiveness, enjoyment of food, satiety responsiveness and slowness in eating, are associated with childhood body mass index. Change in appetitive traits from infancy to childhood and the direction of causality between appetitive traits and body mass index are unclear. The present study examined the developmental trajectory of appetitive traits and their bidirectional relations with body mass index, from infancy to early childhood. Mothers in the Pregnancy Eating Attributes Study and follow-up (n = 162) reported child appetitive traits using the Baby and Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaires at ages 6 months and 3.5 years, respectively. Standardized body mass index (zBMI) was calculated from child anthropometrics. Cross-lagged panel models estimated bidirectional relations between appetitive traits and zBMI. Food responsiveness, satiety responsiveness and slowness in eating increased from infancy to early childhood. In cross-lagged panel models, lower infant satiety responsiveness (B ± SE = -0.45 ± 0.19, p = .02) predicted greater child zBMI. Infant zBMI did not predict child appetitive traits (p-values >.36). From infancy to early childhood, appetitive traits may amplify. Appetitive traits, particularly satiety responsiveness, appear to influence body mass index during this period, suggesting early intervention targeting these traits may reduce childhood obesity.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	appetitive traits, bidirectional, body mass index, childhood, infancy
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	02 Oct 2023 08:29
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2024 17:30
DOI:	10.1111/cob.12620
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3173257