scholarly journals Weight trajectories and disordered eating behaviours in 11‐ to 12‐year‐olds: A longitudinal study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 436-444
Author(s):  
Pernille Stemann Larsen ◽  
Anne‐Marie Nybo Andersen ◽  
Else Marie Olsen ◽  
Per Kragh Andersen ◽  
Nadia Micali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Eating Behaviours ◽  
Danish National Birth Cohort ◽  
Weight Trajectories

scholarly journals Association between prenatal maternal infection and disordered eating behaviours in adolescence: a UK population-based prospective birth cohort study

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 927-935
Author(s):  
Francesca Solmi ◽  
Bianca L. De Stavola ◽  
Golam M. Khandaker ◽  
Cynthia M. Bulik ◽  
Christina Dalman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Outcome Data ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Maternal Infection ◽  
Eating Behaviours ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Weight And Shape Concerns

AbstractBackgroundPrenatal infections have been proposed as a putative risk factor for a number of psychiatric outcomes across a continuum of severity. Evidence on eating disorders is scarce. We investigated whether exposure to prenatal maternal infections is associated with an increased risk of disordered eating and weight and shape concerns in adolescence in a large UK birth cohort.MethodsWe used data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. The primary exposure was maternal experience of infections at any time in pregnancy. Study outcomes were presence of any, monthly or weekly disordered eating at 14 and 16 years of age, and weight and shape concerns at 14 years. We defined the causal effect of the exposure on these outcomes using a counterfactual framework adjusting our analyses for a number of hypothesised confounders, and imputing missing confounder data using multiple imputation.ResultsIn total, 4884 children had complete exposure and outcome data at age 14 years, and 4124 at 16 years. Exposed children had a greater risk of reporting weekly disordered eating at both age 14 [risk difference (RD) 0.9%, 95% confidence interval (CI) −0.01 to 1.9, p = 0.08] and 16 (RD 2.3%, 95% CI 0.6–3.9, p < 0.01), though evidence of an association was weak at age 14 years. Exposed children also had greater weight and shape concerns at age 14 years (mean difference 0.15, 95% CI 0.05–0.26, p < 0.01).ConclusionsExposure to prenatal maternal infection is associated with greater risk of disordered eating in adolescence. This association could be explained by in utero processes leading to impaired neurodevelopment or altered immunological profiles. Residual confounding cannot be excluded.

scholarly journals Parental characteristics in association with disordered eating in 11- to 12-year-olds: A study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pernille Stemann Larsen ◽  
Katrine Strandberg-Larsen ◽  
Else Marie Olsen ◽  
Nadia Micali ◽  
Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Parental Characteristics ◽  
Danish National Birth Cohort
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