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Family stress and BMI in young children
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- Stenhammar, Christina (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa,Allmänpediatrisk forskning/Nordvall,Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Olsson, G. M. (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Forskning om funktionshinder och habilitering,Institutionen för neurovetenskap,Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Bahmanyar, S. (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Hulting, A-L (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Wettergren, Björn (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa,Allmänpediatrisk forskning/Nordvall,Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Edlund, Birgitta (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Vårdvetenskap,Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Montgomery, Scott M. (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Örebro universitet,Institutionen för hälsovetenskap och medicin,Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom,Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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- 2010-02-22
- 2010
- English.
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In: Acta Paediatrica. - : Wiley. - 0803-5253 .- 1651-2227. ; 99:8, s. 1205-1212
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- Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate if family stress and parental attachment style are associated with body mass index (BMI) in young children, and identify possible explanations. Methods: A cross-sectional survey with a two-stage design was used. Parents of 873 children participated. They completed a demographic questionnaire, the Swedish Parenthood Stress Questionnaire (SPSQ), the Relationship Questionnaire (RQ) and reported their children's television-viewing habits (as a marker of physical activity). Children's height, weight and BMI were obtained from a general population-based register, BASTA. Associations with over- and underweight in children were assessed using multiple logistic regression analysis. Results: Family stress indicated by SPSQ-score was associated with suboptimal BMI. Maternal, but not paternal, SPSQ-stress score was statistically significantly associated with overweight and underweight, with adjusted odds ratios (and 95% confidence interval) of 4.61 (3.11-6.84; p < 0.001) and 3.08 (1.64-5.81; p < 0.001) respectively. Associations between childhood BMI and parental attachment style were identified, but were not independent of maternal SPSQ-score. Conclusion: Our findings support a role for family stress in development of both overweight and underweight among young children. This is likely to be attributed to behavioural mechanisms but a more direct metabolic influence of stress could also be involved.
Keyword
- Attachment
- BMI
- Family
- Overweight
- Stress
- Medicine
- Medicin
- MEDICINE
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