eprintid: 10175498 rev_number: 10 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/17/54/98 datestamp: 2023-08-18 11:49:56 lastmod: 2024-01-24 07:10:08 status_changed: 2023-08-18 11:49:56 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Bourne, Laura creators_name: Bryant-Waugh, Rachel creators_name: Mandy, William creators_name: Solmi, Francesca title: Investigating the prevalence and risk factors of picky eating in a birth cohort study ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C07 divisions: D05 divisions: D79 divisions: F66 divisions: FH7 keywords: Autism spectrum disorder, Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, Child, Childhood eating behaviours, Fussy eating, Longitudinal study, Picky eating note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of childhood picky eating (PE) and to identify risk factors associated with different PE trajectories using data from the Growing up in Scotland research survey. PE was operationalised using three items across three study sweeps, at ages 2, 5 and 10 years respectively. We found 13.5 % of children with PE at age 2, 22.2 % at age 5, and 6.4 % at age 10. From these, we defined three PE categories: transient PE in early childhood (23.3 %), persistent PE into late childhood (3.7 %) and PE absent (73.0 %). Using multinomial logistic regression, we investigated associations between child and family characteristics and transient and persistent PE, adjusting for potential confounders. Various factors were associated with increased risk of persistent pickiness, including mothers who smoked during pregnancy and children whose mothers reported feeding challenges at 9-12 months. These findings support the view that PE behaviours are common and tend to remit by adolescence although a small number of children are at risk of experiencing longer term problems. Families of children who are exposed to such risks may benefit from preventative interventions. date: 2023-08 date_type: published publisher: Elsevier official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101780 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2036211 doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101780 medium: Print-Electronic pii: S1471-0153(23)00080-6 lyricists_name: Solmi, Francesca lyricists_name: Bourne, Laura lyricists_name: Mandy, William lyricists_id: FSOLM62 lyricists_id: LBOUR98 lyricists_id: WMAND51 actors_name: Bourne, Laura actors_id: LBOUR98 actors_role: owner funding_acknowledgements: 225993/Z/22/Z [Wellcome Trust] full_text_status: public publication: Eating Behaviors volume: 50 article_number: 101780 event_location: United States issn: 1471-0153 citation: Bourne, Laura; Bryant-Waugh, Rachel; Mandy, William; Solmi, Francesca; (2023) Investigating the prevalence and risk factors of picky eating in a birth cohort study. Eating Behaviors , 50 , Article 101780. 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101780 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101780>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10175498/1/Bourne_Bourne%20et%20al%202023%20%28accepted%20version%29.pdf