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Associations between child temperament, maternal feeding practices and child body mass index during the preschool years: a systematic review of the literature
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posted on 2014-01-01, 00:00 authored by Heidi BergmeierHeidi Bergmeier, Helen Skouteris, Sharon HorwoodSharon Horwood, Merrilyn HooleyMerrilyn Hooley, Ben RichardsonIt is a research priority to identify modifiable risk factors to improve the effec- tiveness of childhood obesity prevention strategies. Research, however, has largely overlooked the role of child temperament and personality implicated in obesogenic risk factors such as maternal feeding and body mass index (BMI) of preschoolers. A systematic review of relevant literature was conducted to inves- tigate the associations between child temperament, child personality, maternal feeding and BMI and/or weight gain in infants and preschoolers; 18 papers were included in the review. The findings revealed an association between the temperament traits of poor self-regulation, distress to limitations, low and high soothability, low negative affectivity and higher BMI in infants and preschool- aged children. Temperament traits difficult, distress to limitations, surgency/ extraversion and emotionality were significantly associated with weight gain rates in infants. The results also suggested that child temperament was associated with maternal feeding behaviours that have been shown to influence childhood over- weight and obesity, such as using restrictive feeding practices with children per- ceived as having poor self-regulation and feeding potentially obesogenic food and drinks to infants who are more externalizing. Interestingly, no studies to date have evaluated the association between child personality and BMI/weight gain in infants and preschoolers. There is a clear need for further research into the association of child temperament and obesogenic risk factors in preschool-aged children.
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Obesity reviewsVolume
15Issue
1Pagination
9 - 18Publisher
Wiley-BlackwellLocation
Chichester, EnglandISSN
1467-7881eISSN
1467-789XLanguage
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2014, Wiley-Blackwell PublishingUsage metrics
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