TABLE 3.
Association between adverse life events and eating behavior in children
| Emotional overeating (z score) | Restrained eating (z score) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adverse life events (0–10 years) | B a | 95% CI | B a | 95% CI |
| Zero life events (N = 3,021, 51.4% girls) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
| One life event (N = 878, 48.3% girls) | 0.05 | [−0.03; 0.14] | 0.03 | [−0.06; 0.11] |
| Two life events (N = 401, 50.9% girls) | 0.06 | [−0.05; 0.18] | 0.10 | [−0.01; 0.22] |
| Three or more life events (N = 353, 48.7% girls) | 0.20* | [0.06; 0.33] | 0.21* | [0.08; 0.33] |
| p‐value for trend | .003 | .001 | ||
a
Adjusted for child sex and ethnicity, household income, maternal education, maternal and paternal psychopathology symptoms during pregnancy and lifetime maternal eating disorders.
*
p‐value <.05.