Better quality of mother–child interaction at 4 years of age decreases emotional overeating in IUGR girls

Escobar, R.S.; OʼDonnell, Katherine A.; Colalillo, Sara; Pawlby, Susan; Steiner, Meir; Meaney, Michael J.; Levitan, Robert D.; Silveira, Patrícia Pelufo; Team, Mavan Study

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2014.06.107

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“…[40, 55] Two articles reported eating behavior in the same cohort of children but at a different age. [41, 44] Five articles combined data of several cohorts[11, 43, 45, 47, 53], two of which described pooled data from the International Children’s Accelerometry Database. [11, 47] Thus, we identified data from 35 unique study samples.…”

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The Association of Birth Weight and Infant Growth with Energy Balance-Related Behavior – A Systematic Review and Best-Evidence Synthesis of Human Studies

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BackgroundSuboptimal prenatal and early postnatal growths are associated with obesity in later life, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. The aim of this study was to systematically review the literature that reports on the longitudinal association of (i) birth size or (ii) infant growth with later (i) energy intake, (ii) eating behaviors, (iii) physical activity or (iv) sedentary behavior in humans.MethodsA comprehensive search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO and The Cochrane Library was conducted to identify relevant publications. We appraised the methodological quality of the studies and synthesized the extracted data through a best-evidence synthesis.ResultsData from 41 publications were included. The quality of the studies was high in three papers, moderate in 11 and low in the large majority (n = 27) of papers appraised. Our best-evidence synthesis indicates that there is no evidence for an association of birth weight with later energy intake, eating behavior, physical activity or sedentary behavior. We found moderate evidence for an association of extreme birth weights (at both ends of the spectrum) with lower physical activity levels at a later age. Evidence for the association of infant growth with energy balance-related behavior was generally insufficient.ConclusionsWe conclude that current evidence does not support an association of early-life growth with energy balance-related behaviors in later life, except for an association of extreme birth weights with later physical activity.

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“…[39, 41, 43, 44] No studies assessed the association of any other of the determinants of interest with eating behavior, resulting in insufficient evidence.…”

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The Association of Birth Weight and Infant Growth with Energy Balance-Related Behavior – A Systematic Review and Best-Evidence Synthesis of Human Studies

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“…Another apparent inconsistency between the different studies that evaluate food preferences according to birth weight is the effect of sex. In general, low birth weight girls/women seem to be more vulnerable to the effects of prenatal programming of food preferences, showing an increased preference for carbohydrates, impulsivity for sugar and emotional overeating when compared no normal birth weight counterparts (14,17,57) . However, other studies do not seem to find a sex effect (54) .…”

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Low birth weight is associated with increased fat intake in school-aged boys

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Evidence suggests that both high and low birth weight children have increased the risk for obesity and the metabolic syndrome in adulthood. Previously we have found altered feeding behaviour and food preferences in pre-school children and adults born with low birth weight. In this study, we investigated if birth weight was associated with different intake of fat, carbohydrate and/or protein at 6-12 years of age. This is a cross-sectional study where 255 guardians answered online and telephone questions including anthropometrics and demographic data, parental family food rules (food control, encouragement and restriction) and a complete web-based FFQ for their children (130 boys and 125 girls). Baseline demographic and parental food rules characteristics did not differ accordingly to sex. Linear regression models were conducted separately for each sex, adjusted for income, age and maternal age. There were no differences in total energy intake, but energy density (ED, energy content/g) was negatively associated with birth weight in boys. Macronutrient analysis showed that ED intake was from a greater intake of fat. Birth weight was not a significant predictor of protein and carbohydrate intake in boys. In girls, we saw a positive correlation between fat intake and cholesterol intake v. birth weight, but no association with ED intake (results did not remain after adjustment). The study shows that low birth weight is associated with altered fat intake in childhood in a sex-specific manner. It is likely that biological factors such as fetal programming of homoeostatic and/or hedonic pathways influencing food preferences are involved in this process.

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“…The typical stress response is not eating, because the physiological stress reactions mimic the internal sensations associated with feeding induced satiety (Gold & Chrousos, 2002). It has been postulated that the a-typical stress response of EE develops early in life (Wardle, 1990), as a possible outcome of parental feeding practices (Carper, Fisher, & Birch, 2000;Van Stien and Bazelier, 2007;Van Strien, Van Niekerk, & Ouwens, 2009) and more general parenting practices where there was insufficient regard for the child's needs (Bruch, 1973;Snoek, Engels, Janssens, & Van Strien, 2007;Escobar et al, 2014;Zhu, Luo, Cai, Li & Liu, 2014). If parental responses to the child's needs are continuously inappropriate, be it neglectful, indiscriminately permissive or over-controlling, the child may develop i) poor satiety awareness (poor awareness of physiological symptoms associated with hunger and satiety) and ii) poor emotional awareness (poor awareness of emotions, resulting in difficulty identifying and describing emotions, also referred to as alexithymia 1 ) (Garner, 1991).…”

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Duration of breastfeeding is associated with emotional eating through its effect on alexithymia in boys, but not girls

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A B S T R A C TEmotional eating (EE), or eating in response to negative emotions, was earlier shown to be associated with difficulty in identifying emotions (alexithymia). To improve our understanding of possible causes of alexithymia and EE, we assessed possible associations with duration of breastfeeding in infancy. The aim of the present study was to examine in a prospective, longitudinal study whether duration of breastfeeding is associated with EE in adolescence, through its effect on alexithymia difficulty identifying emotions, and whether this mediation effect is contingent on gender. Our hypothesis was that longer duration of breastfeeding would be associated with lower EE in adolescence through its effect on lower alexithymia difficulty identifying feelings in boys but not in girls (Moderated mediation). The sample included 129 children and their families (67 boys and 62 girls). Duration of breastfeeding was reported by the mother when the infant was 15 months old. Alexithymia difficulty identifying feelings (Toronto Alexithymia Scale) and EE (Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire) were reported by the child at 12 years of age. EE was also reported by the child at 16 years of age. Moderated mediation was significant for EE at 12 years, and borderline significant for EE at 16 years. As hypothesized, for boys but not for girls, longer duration of breastfeeding was related to less difficulties in identifying feelings, resulting in lower degrees of EE in adolescence. It is concluded that breastfeeding in infancy may protect boys against EE through its positive association with better ability to identify feelings.

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Better quality of mother–child interaction at 4 years of age decreases emotional overeating in IUGR girls

Cited by 28 publications

References 66 publications

The Association of Birth Weight and Infant Growth with Energy Balance-Related Behavior – A Systematic Review and Best-Evidence Synthesis of Human Studies

The Association of Birth Weight and Infant Growth with Energy Balance-Related Behavior – A Systematic Review and Best-Evidence Synthesis of Human Studies

Low birth weight is associated with increased fat intake in school-aged boys

Duration of breastfeeding is associated with emotional eating through its effect on alexithymia in boys, but not girls

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