ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2024
Psychological well-being and the reversal of childhood overweight and obesity in the UK: a longitudinal national cohort study.
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- The Association Between Affect and Adiposity in Childhood and Adolescence: A Systematic Review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Multimodal (Bio)Markers and Risk of Obesity - A Comprehensive Scoping Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Article
- Psychosocial factors and the development of childhood overweight and obesity: a UK cohort study.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Psychological well-being factors and the likelihood of transitioning from overweight and obesity to normal weight at population level: Evidence from two cohort studies of UK adults.Journal of health psychology · 2025Article
- The Weight of Emotions: Childhood Obesity and Psychosocial Well-Being in Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Childhood obesity trajectories and adolescent mental health: A UK cohort study.Pediatric obesity · 2025Article
- Psychological well-being and the reversal of childhood overweight and obesity in the UK: a longitudinal national cohort study.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to examine the prospective association between psychological well-being and overweight and obesity reversal.
methodsWe analyzed data of UK children with overweight or obesity at ages 11 (n = 4556, baseline), 14 (n = 3791, baseline), and 17 years (follow-up). Psychological well-being-related measures were characterized into indexes of caregiver-reported child mental health and child-reported psychosocial well-being, with a higher score indicating better mental health or psychosocial well-being. Weight changes were presented as reversal versus persistence of overweight or obesity and residualized-change BMI z scores. Data were analyzed using regression analysis.
resultsBetter child mental health and psychosocial well-being at age 11 years were independently associated with increased odds of reversal versus persistence (odds ratio [OR] = 1.16, 95% CI: 1.03 to 1.29; OR = 1.29, 95% CI: 1.15 to 1.44, respectively) and decreased BMI z scores (β = -0.08, 95% CI: -0.13 to -0.03; β = -0.07, 95% CI: -0.11 to -0.03, respectively) at age 17 years. However, neither of the indexes was associated with weight changes when measured at age 14 years. Analyses between psychological well-being-related measures and timing of measures indicated that psychological well-being-related measures were more likely to prospectively predict weight changes when measured at age 11 versus age 14 years.
conclusionsBetter psychological well-being at age 11 years is a prognostic factor that may be associated with an increased likelihood of reversing childhood overweight and obesity by age 17 years.
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