How energy balance-related behaviours, temperament, stress and overweight associate: a cross-sectional study of Finnish preschoolers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to (1) examine the clustering of energy balance-related behaviours (EBRB) and (2) investigate whether EBRB clusters, temperament and hair cortisol concentration (HCC) associate with overweight.

Design

We assessed food consumption using food records, screen time (ST) using sedentary behaviour diaries, sleep consistency and temperament (negative affectivity, surgency, effortful control) using questionnaires and HCC using hair samples. Accelerometers were used to assess physical activity (PA) intensities, sleep duration and sleep efficiency. Researchers measured each child's weight and height. We used finite mixture models to identify EBRB clusters and multilevel logistic regression models to examine the associations between EBRB clusters, temperament

SUBMITTER: Vepsalainen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10966850 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature