ArticlePediatric obesity2019
The association between allostatic load and anthropometric measurements among a multiethnic cohort of children.
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- Allostatic Load in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2023Pooled it
- Assessing Measurement Invariance in Allostatic Load between Black and White Adolescents.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Disparities in Allostatic Load Among Different Races: A Comprehensive Scoping Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Review
- Maternal allostatic load in pregnancy is prospectively associated with child adiposity and metabolic function across infancy and early childhood.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2025Article
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- Allostasis, health, and development in Latin America.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2024Review
- The Role of Racism in Childhood Obesity.Current obesity reports · 2024Review
- Virtual Learning and Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Hormone research in paediatrics · 2024Article
- Allostatic load in children: The cost of empathic concern.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Review of upstream social factors contributing to childhood obesity.Obesity pillars · 2022Review
- "Food" and "non-food" self-regulation in childhood: a review and reciprocal analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Review
- Biological Burden of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Children.Psychosomatic medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThis study investigated if levels of allostatic load (ALoad) differed according to race/ethnicity in children and if ALoad was associated with obesity-related measures.
methodsA multiethnic sample of 307 children aged seven to 12 was evaluated, composed of 39% European American (EA), 35% African American (AA), and 26% Hispanic American (HA) youth. Anthropometric measurements were evaluated by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and other measurements included body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC). Allostatic load scores were estimated based on two different calculations, including seven and eight biomarkers (ALoad1 and ALoad2), respectively. Analyses of variance, independence tests, and multiple regression models were performed.
resultsFrom the total sample, 22.80% (n = 70) of children were characterized as "no load," 46.58% (n = 143) "low load," and 30.62% (n = 94) "high load." Hispanic American children showed the highest ALoad scores (2.07 ± 1.54; 95% CI, 1.73-2.41) compared with AA children (1.71 ± 1.43; 95% CI, 1.43-1.99) and EA children (1.56 ± 1.34; 95% CI, 1.32-1.80) (P < 0.05). Higher scores of ALoad (using both ALoad1 and ALoad2 calculations) were associated with higher BMI, total body fat mass, body percent fat, and WC (P < 0.05).
conclusionSignificant differences in ALoad were observed in children according to race/ethnicity. Increased exposure to stressors captured by ALoad may result in increased risk for excessive adiposity and potential health risk in children. Further, ALoad may serve as a preventive marker for conditions known to continue throughout adulthood.
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