A developmental cascade perspective of paediatric obesity: a conceptual model and scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Considering the immense challenge of preventing obesity, the time has come to reconceptualise the way we study the obesity development in childhood. The developmental cascade model offers a longitudinal framework to elucidate the way cumulative consequences and spreading effects of risk and protective factors, across and within biopsychosocial spheres and phases of development, can propel individuals towards obesity. In this article, we use a theory-driven model-building approach and a scoping review that included 310 published studies to propose a developmental cascade model of paediatric obesity. The proposed model provides a basis for testing hypothesised cascades with multiple intervening variables and complex longitudinal processes. Moreover, the model informs future research by resol

SUBMITTER: Smith JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324843 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature