TY - JOUR
T1 - Weight trajectories and disordered eating behaviours in 11- to 12-year-olds
T2 - A longitudinal study within the Danish National Birth Cohort
AU - Stemann Larsen, Pernille
AU - Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie
AU - Olsen, Else Marie
AU - Kragh Andersen, Per
AU - Micali, Nadia
AU - Strandberg-Larsen, Katrine
N1 - © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To examine how childhood weight trajectories are associated with disordered eating behaviours (DEBs) in early adolescence.METHODS: Self-reports on DEBs (fasting, purging, and binge eating) were obtained from 18,337 children in the 11-year follow-up of the Danish National Birth Cohort. For this population, birth register information on gestational age and birth weight was categorized into the following: small, appropriate, and large for gestational age. Prospective parent-reported height and weight data at child ages 1 and 7 years were dichotomized using standardized cut-offs into non-overweight and overweight. A 12-category weight trajectory variable was created, and the associations between weight trajectory and DEBs were estimated using logistic regression.RESULTS: In total, 7.0% 11- to 12-year olds reported DEBs. Compared with children born appropriate for gestational age and being non-overweight at age 1 and 7 years, children born small for gestational age and who were overweight at age 1 and 7 years had a very high risk of disordered eating (OR 7.00; CI [2.57, 19.40]). The statistical analyses revealed, however, that overweight at age 7 years was the main contributor and independently of trajectory increased the risk of disordered eating at age 11-12 years significantly (OR 3.16 CI [2.73, 3.65]).CONCLUSION: Overweight not in the first year of life, but at age 7 years was more predictive for DEBs.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To examine how childhood weight trajectories are associated with disordered eating behaviours (DEBs) in early adolescence.METHODS: Self-reports on DEBs (fasting, purging, and binge eating) were obtained from 18,337 children in the 11-year follow-up of the Danish National Birth Cohort. For this population, birth register information on gestational age and birth weight was categorized into the following: small, appropriate, and large for gestational age. Prospective parent-reported height and weight data at child ages 1 and 7 years were dichotomized using standardized cut-offs into non-overweight and overweight. A 12-category weight trajectory variable was created, and the associations between weight trajectory and DEBs were estimated using logistic regression.RESULTS: In total, 7.0% 11- to 12-year olds reported DEBs. Compared with children born appropriate for gestational age and being non-overweight at age 1 and 7 years, children born small for gestational age and who were overweight at age 1 and 7 years had a very high risk of disordered eating (OR 7.00; CI [2.57, 19.40]). The statistical analyses revealed, however, that overweight at age 7 years was the main contributor and independently of trajectory increased the risk of disordered eating at age 11-12 years significantly (OR 3.16 CI [2.73, 3.65]).CONCLUSION: Overweight not in the first year of life, but at age 7 years was more predictive for DEBs.
U2 - 10.1002/erv.2680
DO - 10.1002/erv.2680
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 31016786
SN - 1072-4133
VL - 27
SP - 436
EP - 444
JO - European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association
JF - European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association
IS - 4
ER -