Associations Among Lifestyle Behaviors, Academic Achievement, and Physical Diseases in Adolescents: A Cross-Lagged Network Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Objective: We aimed to examine the longitudinal associations between lifestyle behaviors, academic achievement, and physical diseases in adolescents. Study Design: Longitudinal cohort study. Methods: We recruited participants (n = 4330; mean age of 14.0 (SD = 1.51) years at the first time point and 16.0 (1.51) years at the second time point) from 16 districts in Shanghai, China, who completed a survey in 2021 (T1) and 2023 (T2). We employed a cross-lagged panel network model to explore the interconnected relationships among lifestyle behaviors, academic achievement, and physical condition (i.e., obesity, high blood pressure, high myopia, depressive symptoms). Results: Among the cross-lagged associations, the predictive effects of T1 obesity on T2 high blood pres

SUBMITTER: Xue H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12899500 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature