Prospective associations of infant food exposures and appetitive traits with early childhood diet quality
Exposure to discretionary food in the first two years of life was consistently associated with lower diet quality in early childhood regardless of the strength of appetitive traits. Findings suggest that improving child diet quality may require stronger efforts to limit exposure to discretionary foods in infancy.
Authors
- Grace E. Shearrer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0450-4404)
- Leah M. Lipsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2645-4388)
- Kyle S. Burger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6376-7514)
- Anna Maria Siega‐Riz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-4248)
- Amara Channell Doig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1546-3003)
- Tonja R. Nansel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8298-7595)
- Yong Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7476-3711)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of Wyoming (US)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-024-01686-4
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.09
Funders
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development