Antecedent Picky Eating Behaviour in Young Children

University of Bristol

Status: Completed

Conditions: Parenting; Child Behavior; Eating Behavior; Parent-Child Relations; Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood; Child Rearing

Treatments: Other: None - observational

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT03407391

ALSPAC

Details and patient eligibility

About

Picky eating behaviour in young children is a very common concern for parents. The aim of the study is to investigate factors during early life which are associated with a child becoming a picky eater.

Full description

Singleton children from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children will be studied prospectively (n=5758-6608). Parental-completion questionnaires will be used to define 'picky eating' status at age 3 years, and child and parental feeding behaviours and practices throughout the first 2 years of the child's life. Multinomial logistic regression models with 3 levels of picky eating status (not, somewhat and very picky) as the dependant variables will be used to test associations with antecedent variables, first assessing variables from pregnancy, and the first and second year of life, separately, then combining all significant variables in a final model.

Enrollment: 6,608 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 3 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Child enrolled in ALSPAC, singleton, parent answered question on picky eating behaviour in questionnaire

Exclusion criteria

• Child not enrolled in ALSPAC, multiple, parent did not answer question on picky eating behaviour in questionnaire

Trial design

6,608 participants in 3 patient groups

Picky eater

Description:

Identified as a very picky eater from parental questionnaire

Treatment:

Other: None - observational

Not a picky eater

Description:

Identified as not a picky eater from parental questionnaire

Treatment:

Other: None - observational

Somewhat picky eater

Description:

Identified as a somewhat picky eater from parental questionnaire

Treatment:

Other: None - observational