ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2018
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Adiposity in Adolescents: A Cross-Cohort Comparison.
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- Associations between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Obesity in a Developing Country: A Cross-Sectional Study among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Association of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with obesity and underweight in children.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Abuse in Childhood and Cardiometabolic Health in Early Adulthood: Evidence From the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2021Article
- The experience of life events and body composition in middle childhood: a population-based study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Article
- Intergenerational Transmission of Childhood Adversity in Parents and their Children's BMI in the Hispanic Community Children's Health Study/Study of Latino Youth (HCHS/SOL Youth).Journal of psychosomatic research · 2020Article
- Adverse childhood experiences in the children of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC).Wellcome open research · 2018Article
- Predictors of change in poor mental health and obesity (including overweight) comorbidity in mid-adolescence: A longitudinal analysis using the millennium cohort study.Journal of multimorbidity and comorbidityArticle
- Adverse childhood experiences and mental ill-health - obesity comorbidity among British adolescents - A national cohort study.Journal of multimorbidity and comorbidityArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to assess the association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adiposity in adolescents from two cohorts in different socioeconomic contexts.
methodsData from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC, United Kingdom) and the 1993 Pelotas Cohort (Brazil) were used. Six ACEs were assessed in both cohorts up to age 15. At 15 years, body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) were measured, and at 18 years, BMI, fat mass index, and android fat percentage were assessed.
resultsFew associations were observed between ACEs and adiposity at 15 years, and they were not consistent across cohorts. For adiposity at age 15 in ALSPAC, physical abuse had a positive association with WC, and domestic violence had a positive association with both WC and BMI. A dose-response relationship between the ACE score and both WC and BMI at 15 years was observed in ALSPAC. In the 1993 Pelotas Cohort, the associations found in crude analysis were no longer evident after adjustment.
conclusionsThis study found some evidence of an association between an ACE score and adiposity in adolescence in a United Kingdom cohort but no evidence of association in a Brazilian cohort. Residual confounding or context-specific relationships could explain the different pattern of associations.
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