Associations of abuse and neglect with young adult health in a population-based longitudinal cohort: Findings from Project EAT

Mason, Susan M.; Emery, Rebecca L.; Friedman, Jessica K; Hanson, Stephanie; Johnson, Sheena; Neumark‐Sztainer, Dianne

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107234

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“…At each EAT wave, participants were asked to self-report several weight-related risk factors and characteristics including their body weight (and, prior to age 18, their height); binge eating in the past 12 months, and whether they had experienced loss of control while binge eating; unhealthy weight control behaviors (e.g., fasting, purging, using diet pills); body dissatisfaction; and depressive symptoms. At EAT-IV (aged [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36], participants were asked to retrospectively report experiences of childhood abuse and neglect, which have been found to be associated with adult body weight [23,43,44], using measures from the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire [45] and survey questions by Finkelhor et al [46] Table 2 provides details on a selection of key Project EAT measures, including survey questions, test-retest values, and variables derived from each measure.…”

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Cohort profile: Life-course experiences and pregnancy (LEAP)–A retrospective pregnancy cohort for life-course reproductive health research

Mason,

Farkas,

Friedman

et al. 2024

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Background Life course factors may be associated with pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain; however, collecting information on pre-pregnancy exposures and pregnancy health in the same cohort is challenging. Objectives The Life-course Experiences And Pregnancy (LEAP) study aims to identify adolescent and young adult risk factors for pre-pregnancy weight and gestational weight gain (GWG). We built upon an existing cohort study to overcome challenges inherent to studying life course determinants of pregnancy health. Population Participants in an ongoing prospective cohort study of weight-related health who identified as women. Design Retrospective cohort study. Methods In 2019–2020, 1,252 women participating since adolescence in a cohort study of weight-related health were invited to complete an online reproductive history survey. Participants who reported a live birth were invited to release their prenatal, delivery, and postpartum medical records for validation of survey reports. Descriptive analyses were conducted to assess the characteristics of the overall cohort and the medical record validation subsample, and to describe adolescent and young adult characteristics of those with high (>80th percentile), moderate (20th-80th percentile), and low (<20th percentile) GWG z-score for gestational age and pre-pregnancy weight status. Preliminary results Nine hundred seventy-seven women (78%) completed the LEAP survey and 656 reported a live birth. Of these, 379 (58%) agreed to release medical records, and 250 records were abstracted (66% of the 379). Of the 977 survey respondents 769 (79%) reported attempting a pregnancy, and 656 (67%) reported at least one live birth. The validation subsample was similar to the overall cohort. Women with a high GWG had a higher adolescent BMI percentile and prevalence of unhealthy weight control behaviors than those with moderate or low GWG. Conclusions LEAP offers a valuable resource for identifying life course factors that may influence the health of pregnant people and their offspring.

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