Early life social conditions and adverse experiences are associated with childhood BMI and perceived overeating.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early life socioeconomic disadvantage and adverse experiences may lead to overeating, which is in turn associated with increased body mass index (BMI). However, recent evidence indicated that the association between childhood BMI and overeating might be bidirectional. This bidirectionality prompts the need for further investigation of early life predictors of BMI in childhood.

Objectives

To longitudinally assess the directionality of the association between childhood BMI and perceived overeating and to investigate their antecedent early life predictors.

Methods

The sample included data from 5151 children from the ELSPAC study, collected between 18 months and 11 years of child age. The outcomes were child BMI and mother-reported overeating, assessed at the a

SUBMITTER: Bartoskova Polcrova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11936712 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature