Trauma in early childhood boosts the risk of teen obesity, study says [philly.com]

Teenagers who have suffered adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) — such as physical or emotional abuse, or having a parent who is incarcerated or addicted to drugs or alcohol — are at greater risk of being overweight or obese, according to a new study.

In fact, the study found that the more kinds of adverse experiences children endured, the more likely they would have excessive weight issues by middle school or high school.

“This study adds to our understanding of childhood overweight and obesity by showing that the relationship between ACEs and weight problems is evident even in adolescence,” said study team leader Laurel Davis, a research associate at the University of Minnesota Medical School’s department of pediatrics.

[For more on this story by Rita Giordano, go to http://www.philly.com/health/a...besity-20190108.html]

https://link.springer.com/arti...07/s12144-017-9687-4

Social, Familial and Psychological Risk Factors for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders in Childhood and Early Adulthood: a Birth Cohort Study Using the Danish Registry System

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Results suggest that childhood adversity is the dominant factor in the prediction of an endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diagnosis. The current study extends the literature conducted on adult populations by demonstrating that early adverse experiences are associated with poor or poorer health outcomes in young adulthood.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4618269/

Childhood Adversities and Adult Cardiometabolic Health: Does the Quantity, Timing, and Type of Adversity Matter?

Data from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States. As with previous research on the early-life origins of later life health, our study indicates that strategies and policies aimed at reducing exposure to adverse experiences in childhood could have substantial population health benefits. Our results echo the conclusions of previous studies, which assert that enhancing the childhood environment should be treated as a public health priority.

Trauma in early childhood boosts the risk of teen obesity, study says [philly.com]

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