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Gender, stressful life events and interactions with sleep: a systematic review of determinants of adiposity in young people.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Gender and Social Connections as Determinants of Hypertension: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Does COVID-19 Infection during Pregnancy Increase the Appearance of Congenital Gastrointestinal Malformations in Neonates?Biomedicines · 2023Article
- Associations between Stressful Life Events and Increased Physical and Psychological Health Risks in Adolescents: A Longitudinal Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- Fear of COVID-19 Scale-Associations of Its Scores with Health Literacy and Health-Related Behaviors among Medical Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Influencing factors of obesity in school-age children and adolescents - A systematic review of the literature in the context of obesity monitoring.Journal of health monitoring · 2020Article
- Stressful life events, gender and obesity: A prospective, population-based study of adolescents in British Columbia.International journal of pediatrics & adolescent medicine · 2019Article
- Association between Cluster of Lifestyle Behaviors and HOMA-IR among Adolescents: ABCD Growth Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2018Article
- Lifestyle factors associated with poor sleep quality among undergraduate dental students at a Malaysian private university.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil)Article
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Abstract
objectivesOverweight and obesity among young people are high and rising. Social stressors and sleep are independently associated with obesity, but are rarely studied together or examined for gender-specific effects. The literature regarding adolescent populations is especially lacking. This review assesses whether experiencing stressful life events results in greater adiposity in young women and young men compared with those who do not experience stressful life events, and whether the relationship is modified by sleep problems.
designWe systematically searched six bibliometric databases (Web of Science, Embase Ovid, PsycINFO, CINHAL, PubMed, ProQuest Dissertations) supplemented by hand searches. Longitudinal prospective studies or reviews were eligible for inclusion when they examined gender-specific changes in adiposity in young adults (age 13-18 years) as a function of stressful life event alone or in combination with sleep problems.
resultsWe found one study eligible for inclusion reporting mixed impact of stressful life events on body mass index (BMI) between genders. The study assessed specific life events and showed significantly lower BMI at follow-up among young men who experienced a residence change, but significantly higher BMI among young women who experienced setting up a family and who reported internal locus of control.
conclusionsDespite ample research on social stressors or sleep problems and weight, we still know little about the role of stressful life events, or combined effects with sleep, on obesity risk in adolescents from a gender perspective. Existing evidence suggests specific life events affect weight differently between the genders. Robust, high-quality longitudinal studies to decipher this dual burden on obesity during adolescence should be prioritised, as firm conclusions remain elusive.
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