Association between Dietary Practices and Growth Trajectories in Preschool Children.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the association of dietary practices with early life weight among children born in 2001 in the U.S.

Methods

The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-B) is a population-based cohort followed from 9 months to Kindergarten entry (n~5000). We employed an auto-regressive cross-lagged model to assess the impacts of dietary practices on weight stability over time. We calculated age- and sex-standardized BMI z-scores using WHO growth curves.

Results

BMI z-scores had a stable increase over time. Later age of solid food introduction was associated with lower BMI z-score at age 2y [-0.03(-0.05,-0.004)]; having dinners more times per week with family at age 2y was associated with higher BMI z-score at 4y [0.03(0.01,0.05)]. These changes, of <0.05 BMI z-

SUBMITTER: Jones-Antwi RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12234216 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature