Bidirectional associations between psychosocial well-being and body mass index in European children: longitudinal findings from the IDEFICS study

• Main Authors: Monica Hunsberger (Author), Susanna Lehtinen-Jacks (Author), Kirsten Mehlig (Author), Wencke Gwozdz (Author), Paola Russo (Author), Nathalie Michels (Author), Karin Bammann (Author), Iris Pigeot (Author), Juan Miguel Fernández-Alvira (Author), Barbara Franziska Thumann (Author), Dénes Molnar (Author), Toomas Veidebaum (Author), Charalambos Hadjigeorgiou (Author), Lauren Lissner (Author), on behalf of the IDEFICS Consortium (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The negative impact of childhood overweight on psychosocial well-being has been demonstrated in a number of studies. There is also evidence that psychosocial well-being may influence future overweight. We examined the bidirectional association between childhood overweight and psy...