Journal article
Identification of an Obese Eating Style in 4-year-old Children Born at High and Low Risk for Obesity
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), v 18(3), pp 505-512
Mar 2010
PMID: 19779474
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Abstract
This study tested whether children's eating behavior and parental feeding prompts during a laboratory test meal differ among children born at high risk (HR) or low risk (LR) for obesity and are associated with excess child weight gain. At 4 years of age, 32 HR children (mean maternal prepregnancy BMI = 30.4 kg/m(2)) and 29 LR children (maternal BMI = 19.6 kg/m(2)) consumed a test meal in which their eating behavior was assessed, including rate of caloric consumption, mouthfuls/min, and requests for food. Parental prompts for the child to eat also were measured at year 4, and child body composition was measured at ages 4 and 6 years. T-tests, and logistic and multiple regression analyses tested study aims. Results indicated that HR and LR children did not differ in eating rate or parental feeding prompts. Greater maternal BMI, child mouthfuls of food/min, and total caloric intake/min during the test meal predicted an increased risk of being overweight or obese at age 6, whereas greater active mealtime was associated with a reduced risk of being overweight or obese. Regression analyses indicated that only mouthfuls of food/min predicted changes in BMI from 4 to 6 years, and mouthfuls of food/min and gender predicted 2-year changes in sum of skinfolds and total body fat. Thus, a rapid eating style, characterized by increased mouthfuls of food/min, may be a behavioral marker for the development of childhood obesity.
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- Title
- Identification of an Obese Eating Style in 4-year-old Children Born at High and Low Risk for Obesity
- Creators
- Robert I. Berkowitz - Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaRenee' H Moore - University of PennsylvaniaMyles S. Faith - University of PennsylvaniaVirginia A. Stallings - Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaTanja V. E. Kral - University of PennsylvaniaAlbert J. Stunkard - University of Pennsylvania
- Publication Details
- Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), v 18(3), pp 505-512
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- RR00240 / Clinical and Translational Research Center Nutrition Center of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia M01RR000240 / NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) DK068899 / National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA R01DK068899 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000275024100012
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-77249104456
- Other Identifier
- 991021448027904721
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- Endocrinology & Metabolism
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