ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2019
Social support and trajectories of body mass index and waist to hip ratio from mid-adulthood to old age.
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- Plasma proteomic signatures of social support and their association with cardiovascular disease and mortality: exploratory analyses in a national cohort study.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Motivating Weight Loss Among Black Adults in Relationships: Recommendations for Weight Loss Interventions.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2023Article
- Adiposity and the role of diverse social supports: an observational, gender-sensitive study using the baseline Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.Public health nutrition · 2021Observational
- Social Support for People with Morbid Obesity in a Bariatric Surgery Programme: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Perceived social support before and after bariatric surgery: association with depression, problematic eating behaviors, and weight outcomes.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Article
- Psychological Scars Shouldn't be Ignored: Addressing Factors Linked to Depression among Individuals with Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough social networks' influence on obesity has been increasingly recognised, it remains unclear if different dimensions of social support, for example, emotional or practical support, received from one's closest relationship are associated with weight outcomes over mid-life and old age.
methodsUsing linear mixed models we examined whether person-level body mass index (BMI) and waist to hip ratio (WHR) trajectories vary according to levels of emotional, practical and negative aspects of social support in a large UK-based cohort of healthy civil servant workers (n=5460) with objectively measured anthropometry data on five occasions over two decades (1989-1990 to 2012-2013).
resultsWe found that gender modified the associations, with more consistent patterns found in men. In men, high negative aspects of support compared with low were consistently associated with steeper increase in BMI (0.024, 95% CI 0.001 to 0.047 kg/m
conclusionsLow levels of negative aspects of the relationships with the closest person and high levels of emotional support may be protective against weight gain over time, particularly in men. If replicated in other studies, these results would suggest that the quality of social support in close relationships has been an overlooked risk factor for weight gain in an ageing population.
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