Trajectory and Trend of Weight Status, Emotional Wellbeing and Sleep From Infancy to Childhood to Adolescence in Scotland: An Analysis of Growing up in Scotland Birth Cohort 1
Authors' conclusion
Declines in sleep and emotional wellbeing coincided with rising obesity rates between ages 10 and 12. Targeted intervention between ages 8 and 10 years offers a critical opportunity to mitigate risks of obesity, poor sleep and declining emotional wellbeing before adolescence.
Study context
- Population
- Children in the Growing Up in Scotland birth cohort 1, followed from 10 months to 14 years; 50.2% male
- Participants
- 4,157 children
- Primary endpoint
- Trajectories of sleep, weight status (BMI percentiles) and emotional wellbeing (SDQ emotional symptoms subscale)
- Follow-up
- 10 months-14 years
Methodological detailslongitudinal birth cohort, sweeps 1-10 (10 months-14 years)
- Longitudinal birth cohort
- Sweeps 1-10 (10 months-14 years)
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Trajectories of sleep, weight status and emotional wellbeing
Obesogenic or fluctuating weight trajectories
51.2%
Original publication
Trajectory and Trend of Weight Status, Emotional Wellbeing and Sleep From Infancy to Childhood to Adolescence in Scotland: An Analysis of Growing up in Scotland Birth Cohort 1. Pediatr Obes. Published 13 August 2025. doi:10.
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