ArticleBritish journal of health psychology2025
Risk of severe obesity development: Examining the role of psychological well-being related measures and sociodemographic factors in two longitudinal UK cohort studies.
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- Trait disinhibition mediates the associations of depressive symptoms and BMI in a non-clinical cohort of lean and individuals with obesity.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Complications After Bariatric Surgery: Insights from a 14-Year Single-Institutional Study Without Fistula.Journal of clinical medicine · 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
- Risk of severe obesity development: Examining the role of psychological well-being related measures and sociodemographic factors in two longitudinal UK cohort studies.British journal of health psychology · 2025Article
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objectiveTo examine the prospective association between psychological well-being related measures and severe obesity development in young and middle-aged UK adults.
designA longitudinal analysis of two cohort studies.
methodsWe used data from the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) and the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS) to examine the association between baseline psychological well-being related measures (depressive symptoms, life satisfaction and self-efficacy) and severe obesity development (defined as body mass index - BMI ≥35 kg/m
resultsAlthough a range of sociodemographic factors (e.g., being female, non-married) were associated with increased risk of severe obesity development, we found limited evidence that psychological well-being related measures were associated with severe obesity development across cohorts and pooled analyses. Depressive symptoms, life satisfaction and self-efficacy were, however, associated with relatively small changes in continuous BMI change across analyses, and this tended to be limited to participants without obesity (BMI 18.5 to <30 kg/m
conclusionsThere is limited evidence that psychological well-being related measures prospectively predict the development of severe obesity. Poorer psychological well-being is associated with modest changes in body weight in individuals without obesity.
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