Journal article
Bidirectional associations between overweight and health-related quality of life from 4-11 years: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
PW Jansen, FK Mensah, S Clifford, JM Nicholson, M Wake
International Journal of Obesity | Published : 2013
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2013.71
Abstract
Background:TemPORal pathways of known associations between overweight and poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adolescents remain poorly documented. This study aims to (1) examine timing and strength of the association between HRQoL and body mass index (BMI) in childhood, and (2) investigate directionality and impact of cumulative burden in any observed HRQoL-BMI associations.Design, setting and participants:Participants were 3898 children in the population-based Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) assessed at four biennial waves from ages 4-5 (2004) to 10-11 years (2010).Main measures:At every wave, parents completed the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, and measur..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children is conducted in partnership between the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The findings and views reported are those of the authors and should not be attributed to FaHCSIA, AIFS or the ABS. We thank all the parents and children for their continuing support and participation in the LSAC. PWJ was supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Marie Cofund Action (Rubicon grant 446-11-010), and by the Ter Meulen Fund of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). MW was supported by NHMRC Population Health Career Development Award 546405, and FKM by NHMRC Public Health Capacity Building Grant 436914 and NHMRC Early Career Fellowship 1037449. All research at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Program. This work also received support from the 'Parenting Australia's Children' research group at the Parenting Research Centre.