The experience of life events and body composition in middle childhood: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT: While studies suggest potential influences of childhood adversities on obesity development in adulthood, less is known about the short-term association in children. We examined the association between a wide range of life events experienced in the first ten years of life (including maltreatment and milder adversities) and body composition in 5333 ten-year old Dutch children. In structured interviews, mothers retrospectively reported on their children's experience of 24 events. BMI was calculated, and fat mass index and fat free mass index were determined by dual-x-ray absorptiometry scanning. Linear regressions showed that, unadjusted, a higher number of life events was associated with higher BMI and body composition. However, associations attenuated to non-significance after adjustment fo

SUBMITTER: Derks IPM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8386051 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature