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Trends in adolescent overweight perception and its association with psychosomatic health 2002-2014 : evidence from 33 countries

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Date
02/2017
Author
Whitehead, Ross
Berg, Christina
Cosma, Alina
Gobina, Inese
Keane, Eimear
Neville, Fergus
Ojala, Kristiina
Kelly, Colette
Keywords
Body image
Body size perception
Overweight
Adolescents
Mental well-being
Psychosomatic symptoms
Perceived body fatness
RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RJ Pediatrics
QP Physiology
3rd-DAS
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Abstract
Purpose : Perceiving oneself as overweight is common and strongly associated with adolescents’ subjective well-being. The prevalence of overweight perceptions and their impact on well-being may have increased over the past decade due to an increase in the salience of weight-related issues. This study examines trends (2002-2014) in the prevalence of adolescent overweight perceptions and their association with psychosomatic complaints. Methods : Data from 15-year old adolescents was obtained between 2002 and 2014 in four rounds of the HBSC study in 33 countries in Europe and North America (N=187,511). Design-adjusted logistic regressions were used to quantify changes in overweight perceptions over time. Linear modelling was used to assess change in the association between perceived overweight and self-reported psychosomatic complaint burden, adjusting for overweight status. Results : Among boys, 10 of 33 countries saw an increase in overweight perceptions between 2002 and 2014, with Russia, Estonia and Latvia showing the most pronounced year-on-year increases. Only England, France, Germany and Norway saw an increase in the positive association between overweight perceptions and psychosomatic complaints among boys. Among girls, most countries (28/33) saw no change in the prevalence of overweight perceptions, with the prevalence over 40% in most nations. However, in 12 countries the association between overweight perceptions and psychosomatic complaints increased among girls, with particularly strong changes seen in Scotland and Norway. Conclusions : Evidence is presented which suggests that for adolescent girls in 12 Northern and Western European countries, and for boys in four perceiving oneself as overweight may be increasingly deleterious for psychosomatic health.
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Whitehead , R , Berg , C , Cosma , A , Gobina , I , Keane , E , Neville , F , Ojala , K & Kelly , C 2017 , ' Trends in adolescent overweight perception and its association with psychosomatic health 2002-2014 : evidence from 33 countries ' , Journal of Adolescent Health , vol. 60 , no. 2 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.09.029
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Journal of Adolescent Health
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Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.09.029
ISSN
1054-139X
Type
Journal article
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© Crown Copyright 2016, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at www.jahonline.org / https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.09.029
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/12191

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