Associations of toddler mechanical/distress feeding problems with psychopathology symptoms five years later.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Feeding problems are common in early childhood, and some evidence suggests that feeding problems may be associated with psychopathology. Few prospective studies have explored whether toddler feeding problems predict later psychopathology.

Methods

Mothers of 1,136 children from the Upstate KIDS cohort study provided data when children were 2.5 and 8 years of age. Food refusal (picky eating) and mechanical/distress feeding problems and developmental delays were assessed at 2.5 years. Child eating behaviors (enjoyment of food, food fussiness, and emotional under and overeating) and child psychopathology (attention-deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD), oppositional-defiant (OD), conduct disorder (CD), and anxiety/depression) symptoms were assessed at 8 years.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Putnick DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9294067 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature