Association of Weight Status and Quality of Life Through Childhood and Adolescence: Australian Longitudinal Cohort Analysis
Authors' conclusion
The study highlights the important contribution of weight status to HRQoL during the child and adolescent life course.
Study context
- Population
- Children from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, followed through early childhood (2–5 years), middle childhood (6–11 years) and adolescence (12–17 years)
- Participants
- 9,745 children
- Exposure
- Overweight, obesity and severe obesity vs healthy weight
- Outcome
- HRQoL: total proxy parent-reported PedsQL score
Methodological detailspopulation-based, follow-up over 14 years, adjusted for continuous age, sex and socioeconomic position
- Population-based
- Follow-up over 14 years
- Adjusted for continuous age, sex and socioeconomic position
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Total PedsQL score, obesity vs healthy weight
Obesity vs Healthy weightMean difference (95% CI)
Early childhood
−0.9(−1.7 to −0.2)
Middle childhood
−3.6(−4.4 to −2.9)
Adolescence
−5.5(−6.4 to −4.6)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | Difference (points) (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| Total PedsQL score, severe obesityvs healthy weight, adolescents · adolescenceGreatest weight-associated loss of HRQoL | −10.5 (−12.9 to −8.1) | |
| −20−10010Difference, points (linear scale) |
Original publication
Association of Weight Status and Quality of Life Through Childhood and Adolescence: Australian Longitudinal Cohort Analysis. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 20 April 2026. doi:10.
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