Family stress and BMI in young children

Stenhammar, Christina; Olsson, Gabriella; Bahmanyar, Shahram; Al, Hulting; Wettergren, Björn; Edlund, Birgitta; Montgomery, Scott

doi:10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01776.x

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“…As in previous work, 14,16,17 our findings suggest that trajectories in the overweight and obese range correlate strongly with worse psychosocial outcomes, and it may be that the strength of these associations increases as adolescence proceeds, as suggested elsewhere. 14,15 Social stigmatization, isolation, and victimization are factors hypothesized to form links between overweight and negative psychosocial outcomes and the exploration of risky health behaviors. Thus, we found that common psychosocial correlates of "moderate increasing" and "high increasing" BMI trajectories were socioemotional difficulties, low selfesteem, low overall happiness, and body dissatisfaction.…”

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BMI Development and Early Adolescent Psychosocial Well-Being: UK Millennium Cohort Study

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The underlying influences on different patterns of BMI development are not well understood, and psychosocial outcomes linked to BMI development have been little investigated. Objectives were to identify BMI developmental trajectories across the first decade of life, examine early life predictors of trajectory membership, and investigate whether being on a particular BMI trajectory is associated with markers of psychosocial well-being.

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BMI Development and Early Adolescent Psychosocial Well-Being: UK Millennium Cohort Study

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“…58 Other parental stressors that influence BMI levels in children include violence, serious life events, food or housing insecurity, maternal depression or substance abuse, and paternal incarceration. [59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67] For many studies, SES was a controlled variable in order to determine associations with other psychosocial stressors, but an article by Garasky et al 68 found that financial strain was positively associated with children being overweight or obese.…”

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Chemical and non-chemical stressors affecting childhood obesity: a systematic scoping review

Lichtveld

Thomas

Tulve

2017

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

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Childhood obesity in the United States has doubled over the last three decades and currently affects 17% of children and adolescents. While much research has focused on individual behaviors impacting obesity, little research has emphasized the complex interactions of numerous chemical and non-chemical stressors found in a child's environment and how these interactions affect a child's health and well-being. The objectives of this systematic scoping review were to (1) identify potential chemical stressors in the context of non-chemical stressors that impact childhood obesity; and, (2) summarize our observations for chemical and non-chemical stressors in regards to child-specific environments within a community setting. A review was conducted to identify chemical and non-chemical stressors related to childhood obesity for the childhood life stages ranging from prenatal to adolescence. Stressors were identified and grouped into domains: individual behaviors, family/household behaviors, community stressors, and chemical exposures. Stressors were related to the child and the child's everyday environments and used to characterize child health and well-being. This review suggests that the interactions of chemical and non-chemical stressors are important for understanding a child's overall health and well-being. By considering these relationships, the exposure science research community can better design and implement strategies to reduce childhood obesity.

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“…Psychosocial stress is also associated with childhood obesity (Dockray et al, 2009), adult type 2 diabetes (Eriksson et al, 2008) and weight gain (Fowler-Brown et al, 2009). We recently demonstrated that maternal stress, likely to be a potent source of chronic stress for young children, is associated with overweight in three-year-olds; and this association was independent of markers of socio-economic circumstances (Stenhammar et al, 2010). Some of the putative effects of stress on weight gain could be through metabolic and behavioural influences, as suggested by animal models (Alsio et al, 2009).…”

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Sex differences in childhood hearing impairment and adult obesity

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Brus³

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Family stress and BMI in young children

Abstract: Our findings support a role for family stress in development of both overweight and underweight among young children. This is likely to be attributed to behavioural mechanisms but a more direct metabolic influence of stress could also be involved.

Cited by 66 publications

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BMI Development and Early Adolescent Psychosocial Well-Being: UK Millennium Cohort Study

BMI Development and Early Adolescent Psychosocial Well-Being: UK Millennium Cohort Study

Chemical and non-chemical stressors affecting childhood obesity: a systematic scoping review

Sex differences in childhood hearing impairment and adult obesity

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