Mediators of the association between childhood body mass index and educational attainment: Analysis of a UK prospective cohort study.
Summary: Background: Higher body mass index (BMI) in childhood is associated with lower academic achievement. Objective: To explore potential pathways linking childhood BMI with educational attainment. Methods: Using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children prospective cohort st...
| Publicado en: | Pediatric Obesity Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 1 - 10 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
| Publicado: |
Wiley-Blackwell
May2023
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=162917027&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 162917027 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 20476302 ETV7 jtl: Pediatric Obesity issn: 20476302 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: May2023 vid: 18 iid: 5 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 162917027 162040210 162917027 162917027 10.1111/ijpo.13014 162917027 ppf: 1 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Mediators of the association between childhood body mass index and educational attainment: Analysis of a UK prospective cohort study. aug: au: Bowman, Kirsty Cadman, Tim Goncalves Soares, Ana Robinson, Oliver Hughes, Amanda Heron, Jon Segal, Alexa Blair Huerta, Maria Carmen Howe, Laura D. affil: MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK sug: subj: Body Mass Index Evaluation Academic Achievement Evaluation Human United Kingdom Child Adolescence Male Female Secondary Analysis Depression Symptoms Bullying Confidence Intervals Descriptive Statistics Funding Source Sex Factors Child Behavior Disorders Symptoms Child: 6-12 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Male Female ab: Summary: Background: Higher body mass index (BMI) in childhood is associated with lower academic achievement. Objective: To explore potential pathways linking childhood BMI with educational attainment. Methods: Using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children prospective cohort study (N = 6949), we assessed the association between BMI z‐scores at 11.7 years and educational attainment at 16 (General Certificate of Secondary Education [GCSE] results). Depressive symptoms, externalizing behaviours, bullying and school enjoyment were considered as potential mediators. Mediators were examined individually and jointly using sequential causal mediation. Results: Higher BMI z‐scores were associated with lower GCSE scores (females β = −3.47 95% CI −5.54, −1.41 males β = −4.33 95% CI −6.73, −1.94). Together, bullying, externalizing symptoms, depressive symptoms and school enjoyment mediated 41.9% of this association in females, and 23.3% in males. In males, evidence for mediation was weak (confidence intervals for all indirect effects spanned the null). In both females and males, most of the mediation was driven by externalizing symptoms. Conclusions: The detrimental effect of higher BMI on educational attainment appears to be partly explained by externalizing behaviours, particularly in females. Interventions to support behavioural problems may help the academic achievement of children with a higher body weight. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|