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Self-regulation and Rapid Weight Gain in Children From Age 3 to 12 Years

Author(s) -

Lori A. Francis,

Elizabeth J. Susman

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3628

pISSN - 1072-4710

DOI - 10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.579

Subject(s) - weight gain , overweight , body mass index , self control , medicine , demography , longitudinal study , cohort , early childhood , gratification , prospective cohort study , obesity , child development , developmental psychology , psychology , body weight , gerontology , social psychology , pathology , sociology

To examine the extent to which self-regulatory capacities, measured behaviorally at ages 3 and 5 years, were linked to rapid weight gain in children from age 3 to 12 years. Self-regulation failure, or the inability to control an impulse or behavior, has been implicated as a mechanism in the development of overweight.

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