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Direct linkSarah A Carter; Jane C Lin; Ting Chow; Mayra P Martinez; Jasmin M Alves; Klara R Feldman; Chunyuan Qiu; Kathleen A Page; Rob McConnell; Anny H Xiang – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Early intervention can reduce disability in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Screening for autism spectrum disorder in young children identifies those at increased likelihood of diagnosis who may need further support. This study assessed in "utero" exposure to maternal obesity and diabetes and offspring performance on…
Descriptors: Obesity, Diabetes, Mothers, Pregnancy
Carter, Sarah A.; Lin, Jane C.; Chow, Ting; Yu, Xin; Rahman, Md Mostafijur; Martinez, Mayra P.; Feldman, Klara; Eckel, Sandrah P.; Chen, Jiu-Chiuan; Chen, Zhanghua; Levitt, Pat; Lurmann, Frederick W.; McConnell, Rob; Xiang, Anny H. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Gastrointestinal disturbances (GIDs) are relatively common in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study assessed associations between maternal obesity, diabetes, preeclampsia, and asthma and likelihood of ASD with GIDs. This retrospective cohort study included 308,536 mother-child pairs of singletons born between 2001 and…
Descriptors: Mothers, Pregnancy, Obesity, Diabetes
Li, Ya-Min; Ou, Jian-Jun; Liu, Li; Zhang, Dan; Zhao, Jing-Ping; Tang, Si-Yuan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
As the link between maternal obesity and risk of autism among offspring is unclear, the present study assessed this association. A systematic search of an electronic database was performed to identify observational studies that examined the association between maternal obesity and autism. The outcome measures were odds ratios comparing offspring…
Descriptors: Obesity, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Meta Analysis
Camerota, Marie; Willoughby, Michael T. – Child Development, 2020
Little research has considered whether prenatal experience contributes to executive function (EF) development above and beyond postnatal experience. This study tests direct, mediated, and moderated associations between prenatal risk factors and preschool EF and IQ in a longitudinal sample of 1,292 children from the Family Life Project. A composite…
Descriptors: Prenatal Influences, Risk, Predictor Variables, Preschool Children
Levitan, Robert D.; Jansen, Pauline; Wendland, Barbara; Tiemeier, Henning; Jaddoe, Vincent W.; Silveira, Patricia P.; Kennedy, James L.; Atkinson, Leslie; Fleming, Alison; Sokolowski, Marla; Gaudreau, Helene; Steiner, Meir; Dubé, Laurette; Hamilton, Jill; Moss, Ellen; Wazana, Ashley; Meaney, Michael – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2017
Background: Recent evidence suggests that early exposure to low maternal sensitivity is a risk factor for obesity in children and adolescents. A separate line of study shows that the seven-repeat (7R) allele of the dopamine-4 receptor gene (DRD4) increases susceptibility to environmental factors including maternal sensitivity. The current study…
Descriptors: Risk, Prediction, Obesity, Preschool Children
Knowlden, Adam P.; Conrad, Eric – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Background: Childhood overweight and obesity is a public health epidemic with far-reaching medical, economic, and quality of life consequences. Brief, web-based interventions have received increased attention for their potential to combat childhood obesity. The purpose of our study was to evaluate a web-based, maternal-facilitated childhood…
Descriptors: Prevention, Obesity, Mothers, Parent Education
Smith, Debbie M.; Ward, Christine; Forbes, Shareen; Reynolds, Rebecca M.; Denison, Fiona C. – Health Education Journal, 2013
Objective: Maternal obesity (Body Mass Index [BMI] greater than or equal to 30kg/m([superscript 2]) is associated with numerous maternal and fetal complications. Recent guidelines have called for advice to be given to women as pregnancy is a good time for intervention as due to women's motivations for change being high and changes may impact on…
Descriptors: Obesity, Pregnancy, Body Weight, Body Composition
Flores-Peña, Y.; He, M.; Sosa, E. T.; Avila-Alpirez, H.; Trejo-Ortiz, P. M.; Gutiérrez-Sánchez, G. – Health Education Research, 2022
The Healthy Change Program aimed to improve the accuracy of maternal perceptions of children's weight (MPCW), maternal feeding style (MFS) and feeding practices. Using a randomized control trial design, the intervention group received 4-weekly group sessions focusing on MPCW, MFS and healthy behaviors. The control group received the same dose of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mother Attitudes, Child Health, Obesity
Eow, Shiang Yen; Gan, Wan Ying; Lim, Poh Ying; Awang, Hamidin; Mohd Shariff, Zalilah – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Atypical eating behaviors displayed by children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) predispose them to unhealthy weight gain. We determined the factors associated with body weight status among 261 children with ASD (3-18 years) at nine autism intervention centers. Their mothers completed a self-administered questionnaire on sociodemographic…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Children, Adolescents, Autism
Panjwani, Anita A.; Ji, Yuelong; Fahey, Jed W.; Palmer, Amanda; Wang, Guoying; Hong, Xiumei; Zuckerman, Barry; Wang, Xiaobin – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
In contrast to the well-observed associations between obesity, diabetes, and autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the roles of maternal dyslipidemia and sex disparity in ASD have not been well-studied. We examined the joint associations of maternal plasma cholesterols, branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) and child sex on child ASD risk. We analyzed data…
Descriptors: Obesity, Diabetes, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Innella, Nancy; McNaughton, Diane; Schoeny, Michael; Tangney, Christy; Breitenstein, Susan; Reed, Monique; Wilbur, Joellen – Journal of School Nursing, 2019
Although obesogenic behaviors (physical activity and/or sedentary behavior and dietary intake) are known predictors of childhood weight status, little is known about mother and child behaviors contributing to obesogenic behaviors and obesity in Hispanic preschool children, whose obesity rate is higher than in non-Hispanic Whites and non-Hispanic…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Mothers, Eating Habits, Predictor Variables
Frontini, Roberta; Haycraft, Emma; Canavarro, Maria Cristina; Moreira, Helena – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2017
Background: Obesity has serious psychosocial consequences for youth and family members and has reached epidemic levels in Portugal. Objective: This study had two goals: (1) to investigate differences in family cohesion, mothers' quality of life (QoL), and externalizing/internalizing symptoms between children/adolescents with healthy-weight and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Body Weight, Family Relationship
Izquierdo-Gomez, Rocio; Marques, Alexandre – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Objectives: The aim was to examine the association of potential socioeconomic indicators with obesity and physical fitness components in south Brazilian adolescents with Down syndrome. Methods: This study comprised a total of 1249 (669 boys) adolescents with Down syndrome aged 10 to 20 with complete baseline data. Socioeconomic indicators were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Down Syndrome, Socioeconomic Status
Likhitweerawong, Narueporn; Khorana, Jiraporn; Boonchooduang, Nonglak; Phinyo, Phichayut; Patumanond, Jayanton; Louthrenoo, Orawan – Infant and Child Development, 2023
Executive function (EF) is essential for academic achievement, successful work, and physical and mental health. Although evidence shows that several factors have been linked to EF, these results are mixed. This study aims to identify both biological and environmental variables associated with impaired EF in preschoolers. This study was a…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Preschool Children, Environmental Influences, Preschool Education
Benton, Pree; Skouteris, Helen; Hayden, Melissa – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
The primary aim of the present study was to cross-sectionally examine the associations between maternal psychosocial variables, child feeding practices, and preschooler body mass index z-score (BMI-z) in children (aged 2-4 years). A secondary aim was to examine differences in child weight outcomes between mothers scoring above and below specified…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Mothers, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
