Trial reportBMC public health2012
Effect of gender on the association between weight status and health-related quality of life in adolescents.
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- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 12 to 18 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Ultra-processed food consumption and body mass index from adolescence to early adulthood: multi-trajectory analysis using data from the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort.Cadernos de saude publica · 2026Article
- The Correlation Between Body Mass Index and Health-Related Quality of Life: Data from Two Weight Loss Intervention Studies.Advances in therapy · 2024Article
- Anemia status of infants and young children aged six to thirty-six months in Ma'anshan City: A retrospective study.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Article
- Physical Activity Levels, Perceived Body Appearance, and Body Functioning in Relation to Perceived Wellbeing Among Adolescents.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- Relationship between Weight Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in a Sample of Early Adolescents from Central and Northern Italy: A Cross-Sectional Study of the AVATAR Project Participants.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Health-related quality of life among 13-14 year old adolescents with overweight-a mixed methods approach.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2020Article
- Differentials in health-related quality of life of employed and unemployed women with normal vaginal delivery.BMC women's health · 2018Article
- Relationship between weight status and health-related quality of life in Chinese primary school children in Guangzhou: a cross-sectional study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2016Article
- Is subjective perception of negative body image among adolescents associated with bullying?European journal of pediatrics · 2015Article
- The effect of gender and age on the association between weight status and health-related quality of life in Australian adolescents.BMC public health · 2014Article
- Health utilities of type 2 diabetes-related complications: a cross-sectional study in Sweden.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Article
- Body weight and quality of life among adolescents in Krakow.Developmental period medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundSome studies have investigated the association between body mass index (BMI) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among adolescents, but their results have been discrepant and few paid attention to the role of gender. The present investigation aimed to assess the relationship between weight status and HRQoL in adolescents and to verify whether it was similar in boys and girls.
methodsFive thousand two hundred and twenty six adolescents aged 14 to 18 years were included in the PRomotion de l'ALIMentation et de l'Activité Physique (PRALIMAP) trial, a 2x2x2 factorial cluster randomized trial performed in 24 high schools in France. Sociodemographic, anthropometric and HRQoL data were collected. BMI was categorized in four classes (thin, normal-weight, overweight, obese). Linear regression models were used to estimate the association between weight status and HRQoL, adjusting for confounders.
resultsThe mean age of adolescents was 15.7±0.6 years and their mean BMI was 21.6 ±3.5 kg/m2; 55% were girls. Boys were more often overweight and obese than were girls (overweight: 15.6% vs 14.2%, obese: 4.8% vs 3.3%), and girls were more likely to be thin (5.5% vs 4.5%, p=0.0042). All HRQoL scores were higher for boys (p=<0.0001). Weight status was not associated with physical and social scores neither in boys nor in girls. Conversely, it was associated with mental score, but differently in girls than boys. As compared with normal-weight girls, thin girls had better mental HRQoL (β=+6.17, p=0.0010), and overweight and obese girls had lower mental HRQoL (β=-3.89 and β=-5.90, respectively, p<0.001). Mental HRQoL was lower for thin, overweight and obese boys than for normal-weight boys (β= -4.97, β= -1.68 and β= -3.17, respectively, p<0.0001).
conclusionsGender can modify the association between weight status and HRQoL in adolescents. Body image could be an important target of public health programs to improve subjective health during adolescence.
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