Journal article
Weight-Based Teasing and Metabolic Syndrome Components among Adolescent Military Dependents at Risk for Adult Obesity
Childhood obesity, Vol.17(2), pp.116-124
03/2021
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2020.0256
PMCID: PMC7984651
PMID: 33434443
Abstract
Among adults, weight stigma is associated with markers of poor cardiometabolic health. Although weight-based teasing (WBT) is common among youth with high body weight, few studies have examined its associations with cardiometabolic markers. Owing to unique stressors (
, parental deployment and frequent moves), military-dependent youth may be at particularly high risk for obesity, WBT, and poor cardiometabolic health. We, therefore, assessed associations between WBT and cardiometabolic health markers among adolescent military dependents presenting for a weight gain prevention trial.
Participants underwent fasting phlebotomy; had fasting weight, height, and waist circumference measured; and completed assessments of WBT, anxiety, and loss-of-control eating. Multivariate analysis of covariance, adjusting for relevant covariates including demographics and body composition, was used to examine differences in metabolic syndrome (MetS) components (waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, and glucose) between youth reporting WBT and youth reporting no WBT. Bootstrapped models examined whether WBT mediated the relationship between BMI
and MetS components.
Data from 142 youth (57.7% female; 14.4 ± 1.6 years; 51.2% non-Hispanic White, 20.9% non-Hispanic Black; BMI
: 1.9 ± 0.4) were analyzed. WBT was not significantly associated with any MetS component. Relationships were observed between BMI
and all MetS components (except systolic blood pressure and glucose), although WBT did not significantly mediate these relationships (
s > 0.05).
This study did not find support for a relationship between WBT and MetS components in adolescent military dependents at risk for adult obesity. Prospective research is needed to determine whether associations between WBT and adverse cardiometabolic outcomes emerge primarily in adulthood.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Weight-Based Teasing and Metabolic Syndrome Components among Adolescent Military Dependents at Risk for Adult Obesity
- Creators
- Alexander J Rice - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesNatasha A Schvey - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesLisa M Shank - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesM.K. Higgins Neyland - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesJason M Lavender - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesSenait Solomon - Henry M. Jackson FoundationKathrin Hennigan - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesRachel Schindler - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesTracy Sbrocco - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesSarah Jorgensen - Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical CenterMark Stephens - Pennsylvania State UniversityMark Haigney - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesDavid A Klein - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesJeffrey Quinlan - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesJack A Yanovski - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentMarian Tanofsky-Kraff - Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Childhood obesity, Vol.17(2), pp.116-124
- DOI
- 10.1089/chi.2020.0256
- PMID
- 33434443
- PMCID
- PMC7984651
- ISSN
- 2153-2168
- eISSN
- 2153-2176
- Grant note
- R01 DK104115 / NIDDK NIH HHS ZIA HD000641 / Intramural NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2021
- Academic Unit
- Family and Community Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984297442402771
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