Eating behaviour and weight status at 2 years of age: data from the Cork BASELINE Birth Cohort Study.
OBJECTIVE
To conduct an analysis of associations between eating behaviours and weight status in 2-year-old children.


METHODS
Data were collected prospectively in the maternal-infant dyad Cork BASELINE Birth Cohort Study. The weight status of children aged 2 years (n=1189) was assigned using the International Obesity Task Force BMI cutoffs using measured heights and weights. Eating behaviours were assessed using the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ).


RESULTS
Eighty percent of children were of normal weight, 14% were overweight or obese and 6% were underweight. From the CEBQ, food approach behaviours including Enjoyment of Food (odds ratio (OR)=1.90, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.46-2.48) and Food Responsiveness (OR=1.73, 95% CI=1.47-2.03) were associated with overweight/obesity (all P<0.001). The food avoidant behaviours of Satiety Responsiveness (OR=2.03, 95% CI=1.38-2.98) and Slowness in Eating (OR=1.44, 95% CI=1.01-2.04) were associated with underweight at 2 years (all P<0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Eating behaviours are associated with weight status as early as 2 years of age.
Vitamin D Research Group, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.|Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT), University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
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McCarthy
Vitamin D Research Group, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.|Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT), University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
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Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT), University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.|Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
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Murray
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
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Hourihane
Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT), University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.|Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
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Kenny
Vitamin D Research Group, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.|Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT), University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
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Kiely
D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012527:Satiation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013851:Thinness / Q000453:epidemiology*