ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2019
Sensitive Periods for the Association Between Childhood Maltreatment and BMI.
Article in American journal of preventive medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Childhood Maltreatment and Cardiovascular Health: Role of Sex and Life's Essential 8 in the U.K. Biobank.JACC. Advances · 2026Article
- Sexual behavior of young women with obesity indicated for bariatric treatment: A cross-sectional study.The Journal of international medical research · 2025Article
- Testing the Indirect Effects of Sense of Control & Perceived Stress in the Relationship between Child Abuse History & Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration in Adulthood.Journal of family violence · 2025Article
- More Than What You Eat: A Review on the Association Between Childhood Maltreatment and Elevated Adult BMI.Current nutrition reports · 2024Review
- Childhood Maltreatment and Body Mass Index in Older Adults With Chronic Illness.CJC pediatric and congenital heart disease · 2024Article
- Childhood maltreatment and alcohol and tobacco use trajectories in rural Chinese adolescents.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- Investigating effect modification between childhood maltreatment and genetic risk for cardiovascular disease in the UK Biobank.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionAlthough previous research has suggested a positive association between child maltreatment and BMI over the life course, it is unclear when this develops.
methodsThe authors used time-varying effect models and data from a nationally representative, longitudinal, cohort study (Add Health), to test how childhood physical, sexual, and emotional abuse uniquely varied in associations with BMI from age 13 to 28 years, and whether different patterns existed for male and female participants. Add Health collected data from 1994 to 2008, and the present analyses took place in 2018.
resultsAge 18 years was the earliest that a relationship between maltreatment and BMI emerged for either sex. Child sexual abuse was negatively associated with BMI among male participants from 18.5 to 20 years, but positively associated with BMI among female participants from 19 to 24.5 years, and childhood emotional abuse was positively associated with BMI among female participants from 18 to 28 years.
conclusionsThe relationship between child maltreatment and BMI varies as a function of type of maltreatment, sex, and time. Notably, associations between maltreatment and BMI did not emerge until young adulthood. Future research should investigate mechanisms by which the association between maltreatment and BMI changes over time to identify trauma-informed intervention targets for improving weight outcomes.
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