ArticleChild abuse & neglect2019
Maltreatment experience in childhood and average excess body mass from adolescence to young adulthood.
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- More Than What You Eat: A Review on the Association Between Childhood Maltreatment and Elevated Adult BMI.Current nutrition reports · 2024Review
- Association of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with obesity and underweight in children.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Association of Adverse Childhood Experiences Including Low Household Income and Peer Isolation With Obesity Among Japanese Adolescents: Results From A-CHILD Study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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- Sensitive Periods for the Association Between Childhood Maltreatment and BMI.American journal of preventive medicine · 2019Article
- Child Maltreatment and Body Mass Index over Time: The Roles of Social Support and Stress Responses.Children and youth services review · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrior studies have suggested maltreatment is a strong predictor of later weight outcomes, such that maltreatment experiences in childhood increase the likelihood of being overweight or obese in adulthood. Estimates of this relationship may be biased due to: 1) inadequate selection of covariates; 2) improper operationalization of child maltreatment; and 3) restricting analyses to cross-sectional outcomes.
objectivesEvaluate how latent classes of child maltreatment experiences are associated with a longitudinal BMI measure from adolescence to adulthood.
participantsData from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.
methodsWe evaluated how previously developed latent classes of child maltreatment experiences were associated with average excess BMI from adolescence to adulthood using multivariate linear regression.
resultsIn the unadjusted model, individuals in the poly-maltreatment class (b = 0.46, s.e. = 0.20) and individuals who experienced adolescent-onset maltreatment (b = 0.36, s.e. = 0.11) had higher average excess BMI compared to individuals in the no maltreatment class. After adjusting for confounders, the relationship between poly-maltreatment and average excess BMI abated, whereas the relationship between adolescent-onset maltreatment and average excess BMI sustained (b = 0.28, s.e. = 0.11).
conclusionsContrary to previous findings, our analyses suggest the association between maltreatment experiences and longitudinal weight outcomes dissipates after controlling for relevant confounders. We did find a relationship, however, between adolescent-onset maltreatment and average excess BMI from adolescence to adulthood. This suggests the importance of maltreatment timing in the relationship between maltreatment and weight.
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