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- Title
Associations between Children's Genetic Susceptibility to Obesity, Infant's Appetite and Parental Feeding Practices in Toddlerhood.
- Authors
Guivarch, Claire; Charles, Marie-Aline; Forhan, Anne; Ong, Ken K.; Heude, Barbara; de Lauzon-Guillain, Blandine; Androutsos, Odysseas; Charmandari, Evangelia
- Abstract
Previous findings suggest that parental feeding practices may adapt to children's eating behavior and sex, but few studies assessed these associations in toddlerhood. We aimed to study the associations between infant's appetite or children's genetic susceptibility to obesity and parental feeding practices. We assessed infant's appetite (three-category indicator: low, normal or high appetite, labelled 4-to-24-month appetite) and calculated a combined obesity risk-allele score (genetic risk score of body mass index (BMI-GRS)) in a longitudinal study of respectively 1358 and 932 children from the EDEN cohort. Parental feeding practices were assessed at 2-year-follow-up by the CFPQ. Three of the five tested scores were used as continuous variables; others were considered as binary variables, according to the median. Associations between infant's appetite or child's BMI-GRS and parental feeding practices were assessed by linear and logistic regression models, stratified on child's sex if interactions were significant. 4-to-24-month appetite was positively associated with restrictive feeding practices among boys and girls. Among boys, high compared to normal 4-to-24-month appetite was associated with higher use of food to regulate child's emotions (OR [95% CI] = 2.24 [1.36; 3.68]). Child's BMI-GRS was not related to parental feeding practices. Parental feeding practices may adapt to parental perception of infant's appetite and child's sex.
- Subjects
RISK of childhood obesity; APPETITE; PARENT attitudes; FOOD habits; GENETICS; ARTIFICIAL feeding; CONFIDENCE intervals; REGRESSION analysis; CHILD behavior; RISK assessment; SEX distribution; DISEASE susceptibility; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; STATISTICAL correlation; LOGISTIC regression analysis; INFANT psychology; LONGITUDINAL method; CHILDREN
- Publication
Nutrients, 2021, Vol 13, Issue 5, p1468
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu13051468