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Infant temperament and parent use of food to soothe predict change in weight-for-length across infancy: Early risk factors for childhood obesity

OBJECTIVES: Greater weight gain in infancy is a risk factor for childhood obesity. The present study examined the interaction between infant temperament and parent use of food to soothe infant distress (FTS) as predictors of weight gain across the first 2 years of life. SUBJECTS/METHODS: 160 mother-...

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Autores principales: Stifter, Cynthia A., Moding, Kameron J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6066452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29463917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41366-018-0006-4
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description OBJECTIVES: Greater weight gain in infancy is a risk factor for childhood obesity. The present study examined the interaction between infant temperament and parent use of food to soothe infant distress (FTS) as predictors of weight gain across the first 2 years of life. SUBJECTS/METHODS: 160 mother-infant dyads were recruited into a longitudinal study. Infant temperament was assessed by parents through a questionnaire (surgency, negativity) and by observer ratings (surgency, irritability) during a laboratory visit when infants were 6 months. Parents also completed a 3-day infant cry diary when their children were 6 months of age to assess when they used food in response to infant cry/fuss bouts. Infant weight/length was measured in the lab at 6 and 18 months. Multiple regressions were run to test the moderating effect of FTS on weight gain. RESULTS: Significant interactions were revealed for both measures of surgency and parent FTS in predicting weight gain. Surgent infants whose parents had a greater tendency to use FTS had greater weight-for-length gain in one year than if their parents tended to use less FTS. The interaction between observer ratings of irritability and parent FTS was also significant but in an unexpected direction. CONCLUSIONS: The findings point to the role of temperament, specifically surgency, in weight gain during infancy, but only if their parents used FTS. Surgency may have evoked this feeding practice that increased their health risk.
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spelling pubmed-60664522018-09-29 Infant temperament and parent use of food to soothe predict change in weight-for-length across infancy: Early risk factors for childhood obesity Stifter, Cynthia A. Moding, Kameron J. Int J Obes (Lond) Article OBJECTIVES: Greater weight gain in infancy is a risk factor for childhood obesity. The present study examined the interaction between infant temperament and parent use of food to soothe infant distress (FTS) as predictors of weight gain across the first 2 years of life. SUBJECTS/METHODS: 160 mother-infant dyads were recruited into a longitudinal study. Infant temperament was assessed by parents through a questionnaire (surgency, negativity) and by observer ratings (surgency, irritability) during a laboratory visit when infants were 6 months. Parents also completed a 3-day infant cry diary when their children were 6 months of age to assess when they used food in response to infant cry/fuss bouts. Infant weight/length was measured in the lab at 6 and 18 months. Multiple regressions were run to test the moderating effect of FTS on weight gain. RESULTS: Significant interactions were revealed for both measures of surgency and parent FTS in predicting weight gain. Surgent infants whose parents had a greater tendency to use FTS had greater weight-for-length gain in one year than if their parents tended to use less FTS. The interaction between observer ratings of irritability and parent FTS was also significant but in an unexpected direction. CONCLUSIONS: The findings point to the role of temperament, specifically surgency, in weight gain during infancy, but only if their parents used FTS. Surgency may have evoked this feeding practice that increased their health risk. 2018-01-30 2018-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6066452/ /pubmed/29463917 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41366-018-0006-4 Text en http://www.nature.com/authors/editorial_policies/license.html#terms Users may view, print, copy, and download text and data-mine the content in such documents, for the purposes of academic research, subject always to the full Conditions of use:http://www.nature.com/authors/editorial_policies/license.html#terms
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Infant temperament and parent use of food to soothe predict change in weight-for-length across infancy: Early risk factors for childhood obesity
title Infant temperament and parent use of food to soothe predict change in weight-for-length across infancy: Early risk factors for childhood obesity
title_full Infant temperament and parent use of food to soothe predict change in weight-for-length across infancy: Early risk factors for childhood obesity
title_fullStr Infant temperament and parent use of food to soothe predict change in weight-for-length across infancy: Early risk factors for childhood obesity
title_full_unstemmed Infant temperament and parent use of food to soothe predict change in weight-for-length across infancy: Early risk factors for childhood obesity
title_short Infant temperament and parent use of food to soothe predict change in weight-for-length across infancy: Early risk factors for childhood obesity
title_sort infant temperament and parent use of food to soothe predict change in weight-for-length across infancy: early risk factors for childhood obesity
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6066452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29463917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41366-018-0006-4
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