Martini, MG;
Taborelli, E;
Schmidt, U;
Treasure, J;
Micali, N;
(2019)
Infant feeding behaviours and attitudes to feeding amongst mothers with eating disorders: A longitudinal study.
European Eating Disorders Review
, 27
(2)
pp. 137-146.
10.1002/erv.2626.
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Abstract
This study aims to investigate breastfeeding, infant feeding behaviours, and attitudes to feeding amongst women with eating disorders (ED) and healthy controls (HC). Women with active ED (C-ED; N = 25), past ED (P-ED; N = 28), and HC (N = 46) were recruited in pregnancy and followed up longitudinally. Post-natally infant feeding behaviour was investigated at 8 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year and parental modelling at 1 and 2 years. Women with P-ED and C-ED reported higher concerns about their infant being/becoming overweight compared with HC, respectively, at 8 weeks and 6 months and 6 months only post-partum. Women with P-ED showed less awareness of infant hunger and satiety cues compared with HC at 8 weeks. Despite few differences between ED and HC, both P-ED and C-ED predicted maternal attitudes and worries about child's eating. These are likely to impact on child's growth and later eating behaviours and might impact on the intergenerational transmission of ED.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Infant feeding behaviours and attitudes to feeding amongst mothers with eating disorders: A longitudinal study |
Location: | England |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1002/erv.2626 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2626 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | children, eating disorders, feeding behaviour, mothers |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10059106 |
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