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ArticleWomen's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

The Timing of Obesity Matters: Associations Between Current Versus Chronic Obesity since Adolescence and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction Among Young Adult Women.

Aletha Y Akers, Jennifer Harding

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Article in Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Self-worth and developmental outcomes in young adults after pediatric bariatric surgery.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2023
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Aletha Y AkersPolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: aakers@guttmacher.org.
Jennifer HardingPolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · US

Funding

Wave IV Data CollectionP01HD031921 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HARRIS, KATHLEEN MULLAN · 1994 to 2020
$86.1M
Role of Romantic Relationships in the Sexual Behavior of Obese and Non-Obese GirlR01HD079419 · NICHD · MAGEE-WOMEN'S RES INST AND FOUNDATION · PI AKERS, ALETHA Y · 2014 to 2017
$1.7M
NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD031921NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD079419
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough the social consequences of obesity for women are well-documented, its stigmatizing effect on romantic relationships across the life course has seldom been explored. We examined whether having current or chronic obesity since adolescence is associated with romantic relationship satisfaction among women in early adulthood.

methodsThis is a secondary analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Female participants completing waves I and IV who self-reported their height and weight and were in a marital or cohabitating relationship at wave IV were included. Relationship satisfaction was assessed using a seven-item measure. Body mass index BMI at wave IV was categorized as normal weight, overweight, obesity, or chronic obesity (at waves I and IV). The odds of reporting low relationship satisfaction were estimated across body mass index categories using multivariate regression that controlled for key covariates (age, race, ethnicity, education, income, lifetime partners, relationship duration, and depression) and accounted for the complex sampling design.

resultsAmong the 3,582 respondents, 74.8% were White, 65.5% had less than a college degree, and 61.8% were in their relationship for more than 3 years. At wave IV, 38.2% had a normal body mass index, 27.7% had overweight, 26.7% had obesity, and 7.5% had chronic obesity. Only having chronic obesity was associated with relationship satisfaction in early adulthood. Women with chronic obesity had 1.44 (95% confidence interval, 1.03-2.02) times the odds of reporting low relationship satisfaction compared with those categorized as normal weight.

conclusionsChronic obesity since adolescence is associated with poor romantic relationship satisfaction in early adulthood.

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ObesityPersonal SatisfactionAdolescentAdultBody Mass IndexFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesOverweightYoung Adult

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