Early childhood adversity and body mass index in childhood and adolescence: linking registry data on adversities with school health records of 53,401 children from Copenhagen.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We examined whether childhood adversity experienced in early childhood (0-5 years) is related to body mass index (BMI) in childhood (6-7 years) and adolescence (12-15 years).

Methods

This study combined data from the nationwide register-based DANLIFE study on childhood adversities with data on height and weight of school children in Copenhagen. Data were available for 53,401 children born in Denmark between 1980 and 1996. Children were divided into groups of early childhood adversity by applying group-based multi-trajectory modelling using their yearly count of childhood adversity in three dimensions (i.e., material deprivation, loss or threat of loss, and family dynamics) from 0-5 years. Direct and total associations between the early childhood adversity groups an

SUBMITTER: Elsenburg LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10599995 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature