Are youth BMI and physical activity associated with better or worse than expected health-related quality of life in adulthood? The Physical Activity Longitudinal Study

Herman, Katya M.; Hopman, Wilma M.; Craig, Cora L.

doi:10.1007/s11136-010-9586-8

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“…A secondary aim of this study was to explore between-group differences in behavioral impulsivity. Considering the link between BMI and poorer psychosocial functioning across multiple domains, 47 including emotional impulsivity, 48 individual differences in participants' BMI were controlled in these analyses. Increased depressive symptomatology has also been linked to greater behavioral impulsivity, [49][50][51] and it was therefore included as a covariate in analyses of the secondary aim.…”

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Executive functioning and behavioral impulsivity of young women who binge eat

Kelly

Bulik

Mazzeo

2013

Intl J Eating Disorders

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Objective: To examine the link between binge eating, executive functioning, and behavioral impulsivity.Method: Fifty women who reported engaging in weekly binge eating in the absence of regular compensatory behaviors and 66 women with no history of binge eating completed several self-report questionnaires and a brief neuropsychological battery, including the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task and Conner's Continuous Performance Task.Results: Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that groups did not differ in executive functioning after controlling for depression, anxiety, body mass, general intelligence, and psychotropic medication use. Correlation analyses suggest that individuals who endorse more frequent binge eating might have greater difficulties thinking flexibly or shifting attention. Individuals who binge eats are also more likely to behave impulsively, but only for emotional reasons.Discussion: Although this study is unable to determine whether these cognitive and behavioral factors precede or follow binge-eating episodes, outcomes have implications for treatment and prevention. V V C 2013 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Executive functioning and behavioral impulsivity of young women who binge eat

Kelly

Bulik

Mazzeo

2013

Intl J Eating Disorders

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“…Several studies suggest that persons with obesity tend to have psychosocial impairment and a poorer quality of life than do lean individuals. It has also been shown that impairments to quality of life worsen as obesity increases, with a greater effect on the physical dimensions of HRQoL than on the emotional aspects (e.g., Doll, Petersen, & StewartBrown, 2000;de Zwaan, Petersen, Kaerber, Burgmer, Nolting, Legenbauer, et al, 2009;Herman, Hopman, & Craig, 2010). Moreover, in those with obesity who seek treatment, weight loss, not increased fitness, contributes significantly to improvement in HRQoL (de Zwaan, et al, 2009;Ross, Milsom, Rickel, DeBraganza, Gibbons, Murawski, et al, 2009;Yancy, Almirall, Maciejewski, Kolotkin, McDuffie, & Westman, 2009).…”

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Effects of a Multidisciplinary Lifestyle Intervention for Obesity on Mental and Physical Components of Quality of Life: The Mediatory Role of Depression

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The current study investigates the effects of a multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention for obesity on Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL). In this study, 92 adults with obesity were weighed and completed the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) at the baseline and at the end of a 3-month intervention. Repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA), a series of hierarchical regressions, and the statistical mediation analysis of Baron and Kenny were conducted. (a) Over 3 months, changes in weight and the mental and physical scales of the SF-36 and depression were all significant. (b) The results indicate a significant mediation of changes in depression scores for the association between weight loss and enhancement on the General Health scale of the SF-36. Improvements to HRQoL from a multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention seem to affect both the physical and mental components of the SF-36 score and to reduce depression, contributing to enhanced self-perceptions of well-being.

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“…According to published reports, obese adolescents are more likely to become obese adults (5) , while being overweight during youth could have a negative impact on health-related quality of life in the future (14) . Previous data from Cyprus (with regards the year 2007) reported an adolescence obesity prevalence of 8.2% in males and 3.4% in females (7) .…”

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The relationship between physical fitness and obesity among a sample of adolescents in Cyprus

Aphamis

Giannaki

Tsouloupas

et al. 2014

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

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Recent data revealed that adolescent obesity appeared to be a rising problem in Cyprus. However, there is a scarcity of published data regarding fitness-related parameters, which could contribute for the presence of obesity in Cyprus' adolescence population. The aim of the current study was to investigate the association between adolescent obesity, body composition, and fitness levels. A total of 270 high school students volunteered to participate in this cross-sectional study. Body mass and height were assessed in order to calculate body mass index, while body fat percentage was calculated by using bioelectrical impedance analysis. Physical fitness parameters were assessed through a battery of field tests. Body fat was inversely associated with cardiorespiratory fitness levels, sprint and jumping performance, as well as with the frequency of physical education class sessions per week (p<0.05). The adolescents with high body fat were found to exhibit significant reductions in all the fitness related parameters (p<0.05), except with the arm strength (p>0.05). This study is the first to uncover an inverse association between high body fat and fitness-related parameters among a sample of adolescents in Cyprus. These data can be used in order to develop effective interventions aiming to counterbalance obesity and improve the overall health and the quality of life of adolescents.

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Are youth BMI and physical activity associated with better or worse than expected health-related quality of life in adulthood? The Physical Activity Longitudinal Study

Abstract: Youth overweight conveyed a long-term positive impact on several aspects of adult HRQL, and this impact may be both direct and indirect through BMI change and the effect on adult BMI. Youth PA had no long-term impact on adult HRQL.

Cited by 27 publications

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Executive functioning and behavioral impulsivity of young women who binge eat

Executive functioning and behavioral impulsivity of young women who binge eat

Effects of a Multidisciplinary Lifestyle Intervention for Obesity on Mental and Physical Components of Quality of Life: The Mediatory Role of Depression

The relationship between physical fitness and obesity among a sample of adolescents in Cyprus

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