The development of emotional overeating: a longitudinal twin study from toddlerhood to early adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous research has estimated the genetic and environmental contribution to individual differences in emotional overeating in toddlerhood and early childhood. However, little is known how this behaviour tracks into adolescence. Here, we aimed to replicated previous work and examine the aetiology of stability and change in emotional overeating across time.

Methods

Data were from the UK Gemini Twin Study, which includes 2402 twin pairs born in 2007. Parents reported on children's emotional overeating at 16 months (n = 3784), 5 years (n = 2064), and 12 years (n = 964), using the Emotional Overeating Scale of the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) at 5 and 12 years, and the CEBQ-T (toddler version) at 16 months. A Cholesky Decomposition twin model was used

SUBMITTER: Madhavan VK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11812261 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature