Association between infant correlates of impulsivity - surgency (extraversion) - and early infant growth

• Published in: Appetite Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 504 - 509
• Main Authors: Burton, P., Wells, J.C.K., Kennedy, K., Nicholl, R., Khakoo, A., Fewtrell, M.S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: adults; anthropometric measurements; Appetitive system; Biological and medical sciences; Birth Weight; body composition; Body Mass Index; Body Weight; cardiovascular diseases; Child Development; childhood; Conditional weight; diabetes; Energy Intake; Extraversion (Psychology); Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; food intake; foods; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; gender; gestational age; Humans; Impulsive Behavior; infancy; Infant; Infant Behavior; Infant growth; Infant temperament; infants; Linear Models; Male; Medical sciences; Metabolic diseases; metabolic syndrome; Obesity; parturition; Pilot Projects; prediction; preschool children; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; questionnaires; regression analysis; risk; Socioeconomic Factors; Surgency/extraversion; Surveys and Questionnaires; Temperament; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Weight Gain; Surgency/extraversion; Appetitive system; Obesity; Infant growth; Conditional weight; Infant temperament; Human; Appetite; Impulsivity; Feeding behavior; Nutrition; Growth; Psychology; Nutrition disorder; Infant; Personality; Temperament; Weight; Association; Extraversion introversion; Early; Psychopathology; Nutritional status

► We assessed infant growth alongside temperament measures of surgency/extraversion. ► Growth in infancy is a critical window for metabolic programming. ► Conditional weight (CW) represented deviations from expected weight gains. ► Infant surgency predicted CWs at 3 months but not at 6 or 12 months....