History of child maltreatment and excessive dietary and screen time behaviors in young adults: Results from a nationally representative study.

ABSTRACT: Child maltreatment is common and has been associated with substance use addictions, yet few studies have examined associations with potentially addictive dietary and screen time behaviors. The goal of this study was to assess associations between retrospectively self-reported child maltreatment (sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect) and excessive self-reported dietary (sugar sweetened beverage and fast food consumption) and screen time behaviors (television/video watching and leisure time computer use) in early adulthood, overall and by sex and race/ethnicity. Associations were examined using data from 10,813 participants 24-32 years old from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. We used predicted marginal proportions accounting for the comple

SUBMITTER: Cammack AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7494614 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature