Does body mass index in childhood predict restraint eating in early adolescence?

Forrester-Knauss, Christine; Perren, Sonja; Alsaker, Françoise (2012). Does body mass index in childhood predict restraint eating in early adolescence? Appetite, 59(3), pp. 921-926. Elsevier 10.1016/j.appet.2012.08.026

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The aim of this study was (1) to examine whether childhood BMI is a significant predictor of restrained eating in preadolescents, (2) to investigate gender differences in restrained and emotional eating, and (3) to determine whether emotional problems, and body esteem were related to eating problems of preadolescents. In this longitudinal study with two measurement points, data from 428 children (50% female) were used. At time 1 (t1) children were on average 5.9 years old. BMI was assessed using objective measures. At time 2 (t2) participants were 12 years old. The adolescents and their parents completed questionnaires assessing restrained and emotional eating, body esteem, emotional problems, and BMI. Multiple regression analysis showed that restrained eating was significantly predicted by t1 BMI, by change in BMI between t1 and t2, and t2 body esteem. Emotional eating was, as expected, not predicted by t1 BMI, but associated with t2 body esteem and t2 emotional problems. Gender was not a significant predictor. The stability of BMI between childhood and preadolescence and its ability to predict restrained eating suggests that it is important to start prevention of overweight, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating at an early age

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Developmental Psychology

UniBE Contributor:

Knauss, Christine, Alsaker, Françoise

Subjects:

100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology

ISSN:

1095-8304

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Dirk Verdicchio

Date Deposited:

20 Mar 2014 14:56

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:24

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.appet.2012.08.026

PubMed ID:

22983367

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Restrained eating; Emotional eating; Body mass index; Body esteem; Emotional Symptoms; Childhood; Preadolescence; Longitudinal

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.46739

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/46739

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