Associations between specific and cumulative adverse childhood experiences, childhood obesity, and obesogenic behaviours.

ABSTRACT: Background: Individuals impacted by adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are at greater risk of developing obesity, however, few studies have prospectively measured ACEs and obesity during childhood. Associations with the adoption of obesogenic behaviours during childhood, which directly contribute to obesity are also understudied.Objective: To examine associations between individual and cumulative ACEs, obesity, and obesogenic behaviours during childhood.Methods: Data came from Growing Up in New Zealand. The study sample was restricted to those who provided obesity data at age 8 and one child per mother, resulting in an analytic sample of 4895 children. A newly developed ACEs index consisted of nine individual ACEs and cumulative ACEs scores (0, 1, 2, 3, 4+ ACE

SUBMITTER: Hashemi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11770867 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature