Eating behaviors moderate the associations between risk factors in the first 1000 days and adiposity outcomes at 6 years of age.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several risk factors in the first 1000 d are linked with increased obesity risk in later childhood. The role of potentially modifiable eating behaviors in this association is unclear.

Objectives

This study examined whether the association between cumulated risk factors in the first 1000 d and adiposity at 6 y is moderated by eating behaviors.

Methods

Participants were 302 children from the GUSTO (Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes) cohort. Risk factors included maternal prepregnancy and paternal overweight, excessive gestational weight gain, raised fasting plasma glucose during pregnancy, short breastfeeding duration, and early introduction of solid foods. Composite risk scores reflecting the prevalence and the importance of the risk factors p

SUBMITTER: Fogel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7332343 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature