Observational studyObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2016
Physical activity, mental health, and weight gain in a longitudinal observational cohort of nonobese young adults.
Observational study in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00945633 (Dietary, Physiological, Genetic, and Behavioral Predictors of Health in a Young, Ethnically-Mixed Population), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers.
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Dietary, Physiological, Genetic, and Behavioral Predictors of Health in a Young, Ethnically-Mixed Population
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Development and validation of the body image scale for youth (BISY).Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
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- Postpartum depression symptoms in survey-based research: a structural equation analysis.BMC public health · 2021Article
- The association of depression with metabolic syndrome parameters and malondialdehyde (MDA) in obese women: A case-control study.Health promotion perspectives · 2021Article
- Parental deployment and distress, and adolescent disordered eating in prevention-seeking military dependents.The International journal of eating disorders · 2020Article
- Relationship between Depression Symptoms and Different Types of Measures of Obesity (BMI, SAD) in US Women.Behavioural neurology · 2020Article
- Levels of Physical Activity, Obesity and Related Factors in Young Adults Aged 18-30 during 2009-2017.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- How diet, physical activity and psychosocial well-being interact in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: an integrative review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Review
- Sedentary time, physical activity, and adiposity in a longitudinal cohort of nonobese young adults.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2018Article
- Obesity moderates the complex relationships between inflammation, oxidative stress, sleep quality and depressive symptoms.BMC obesity · 2018Article
- Sex Differences in Obesity and Mental Health.Current psychiatry reports · 2017Review
- Depression and anxiety in Malaysian population during third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.Clinical epidemiology and global healthArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the relationship among moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), mental health symptoms, and weight gain in young adults.
methodsFifty-nine healthy men and women (age 26.8 ± 4.7 years, body mass index [BMI] 22.4 ± 2.3 kg/m(2) ) were assessed at baseline and year 2. Weight, BMI, fat mass by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, anxiety and depression by the SCL-90, and MVPA by accelerometry were assessed. Sex-stratified linear regression models were used to examine associations between baseline anxiety/depression and body composition change, then repeated controlling for baseline MVPA.
resultsOverall, weight, BMI, fat mass, and subcutaneous adiposity significantly increased at year 2 (P < 0.05). For women, a higher depression and anxiety score predicted increased weight, BMI, fat mass, and subcutaneous adiposity (P < 0.05). Controlling for MVPA attenuated these associations to nonsignificance. For men, MVPA did not alter the associations between anxiety and increased weight, BMI, fat mass, and subcutaneous adiposity (P < 0.05) or the associations between depression and decreased weight, BMI, fat mass, and subcutaneous adiposity (P < 0.05).
conclusionsAnxiety and depression were related to body composition change for young adults. In women, MVPA attenuated these associations to nonsignificance. MVPA may buffer the adverse effects of depression and anxiety symptoms on young women's weight gain.
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