Relationship between pickiness and subsequent development in body mass index and diet intake in obesity prone normal weight preschool children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most children have periods in their life where they reject familiar as well as non-familiar food items and this is often referred to as pickiness. The consequences of pickiness may be malnutrition and, if prolonged, potentially lower body weight. However, studies investigating the consequence of pickiness on subsequent changes in diet intake and weight are limited.

Objectives

To examine whether pickiness influences body mass index as well as diet intake over subsequent 15 months among obesity prone normal weight children aged 2-6 years.

Methods

Data was obtained from the "Healthy Start" intervention study which included 271 children aged 2-6 years susceptible to overweight later in life. Information on pickiness was obtained from a parental questionnaire. D

SUBMITTER: Rohde JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5351873 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature