Associations between Paternal Anxiety and Infant Weight Gain

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between parental anxiety (father-only, mother-only, or both) and infant weight change. We performed a secondary data analysis among 551 children in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, a birth cohort with weight measurements colle...

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Autores principales:	Nobutoshi Nawa, Angela C. B. Trude, Maureen M. Black, Lorenzo Richiardi, Pamela J. Surkan
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	anxiety pediatric obesity longitudinal studies Pediatrics RJ1-570
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d57e069d4722428daef4271bb6ce04e32021-11-25T17:14:07ZAssociations between Paternal Anxiety and Infant Weight Gain10.3390/children81109772227-9067https://doaj.org/article/d57e069d4722428daef4271bb6ce04e32021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/11/977https://doaj.org/toc/2227-9067The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between parental anxiety (father-only, mother-only, or both) and infant weight change. We performed a secondary data analysis among 551 children in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, a birth cohort with weight measurements collected prospectively at 4, 8, and 12 months of age. Paternal and maternal anxiety symptoms were based on the eight-item anxiety subscale of the Crown-Crisp Experiential Index. Scores in the top 15% at 8 weeks postpartum were classified as high anxiety. Generalized Estimating Equations were employed to estimate the joint association between parental anxiety and change in child weight-for-age z-score. Children who had fathers, but not mothers, with anxiety showed a 0.15 (95% CI: 0.01, 0.29) greater increase in weight-for-age z-score than children with neither parent anxious. This result suggests that paternal anxiety, not maternal anxiety, was associated with increases in child weight gain in the first year of life. Public health practitioners and clinicians should consider the use of robust measures of both maternal and paternal anxiety in the postpartum period, in addition to the suggested screening for postpartum depression. Given the limitations of the study, this study should be considered preliminary and hypothesis generating.Nobutoshi NawaAngela C. B. TrudeMaureen M. BlackLorenzo RichiardiPamela J. SurkanMDPI AGarticleanxietypediatric obesitylongitudinal studiesPediatricsRJ1-570ENChildren, Vol 8, Iss 977, p 977 (2021)
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spellingShingle	anxiety pediatric obesity longitudinal studies Pediatrics RJ1-570 Nobutoshi Nawa Angela C. B. Trude Maureen M. Black Lorenzo Richiardi Pamela J. Surkan Associations between Paternal Anxiety and Infant Weight Gain
description	The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between parental anxiety (father-only, mother-only, or both) and infant weight change. We performed a secondary data analysis among 551 children in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, a birth cohort with weight measurements collected prospectively at 4, 8, and 12 months of age. Paternal and maternal anxiety symptoms were based on the eight-item anxiety subscale of the Crown-Crisp Experiential Index. Scores in the top 15% at 8 weeks postpartum were classified as high anxiety. Generalized Estimating Equations were employed to estimate the joint association between parental anxiety and change in child weight-for-age z-score. Children who had fathers, but not mothers, with anxiety showed a 0.15 (95% CI: 0.01, 0.29) greater increase in weight-for-age z-score than children with neither parent anxious. This result suggests that paternal anxiety, not maternal anxiety, was associated with increases in child weight gain in the first year of life. Public health practitioners and clinicians should consider the use of robust measures of both maternal and paternal anxiety in the postpartum period, in addition to the suggested screening for postpartum depression. Given the limitations of the study, this study should be considered preliminary and hypothesis generating.
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title	Associations between Paternal Anxiety and Infant Weight Gain
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Associations between Paternal Anxiety and Infant Weight Gain

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