Phenotyping children and adolescents with obesity using behavioral, psychological, and familial data
Authors' conclusion
These results support examining risk factors for and treatment outcomes by obesity phenotypes.
Study context
- Population
- Children and adolescents with overweight and obesity, Growing Up Today Study
- Exposure
- Girls: early puberty vs Girls: mothers with obesity vs Girls: high weight concerns vs Girls: mixed vs Boys: high weight concerns vs Boys: mothers with obesity vs Boys: mixed
- Outcome
- Empirically derived obesity phenotypes (weight status, disordered eating, body image and weight concerns, depressive symptoms, pubertal timing, maternal weight status)
Methodological detailslatent class analysis stratified by sex, mixed-effects regression
- Latent class analysis stratified by sex
- Mixed-effects regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Obesity phenotypes
- Girls: four phenotypes identified (early puberty, mothers with obesity, high weight concerns, mixed)
- Boys: three phenotypes identified (high weight concerns, mothers with obesity, mixed)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Adult weight gain between age 20 and 35 years
- Overweight or obesity in childhood or adolescence: more weight gain in young adulthood than leaner peers
- Patterns of young-adult weight gain varied by childhood/adolescent obesity phenotype
Original publication
Phenotyping children and adolescents with obesity using behavioral, psychological, and familial data. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 21 November 2023. doi:10.
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