scholarly journals Are Psychosocial Consequences of Obesity and Hyperandrogenism Present in Adolescent Girls with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome?

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Zachurzok ◽  
Agnieszka Pasztak-Opilka ◽  
Elzbieta Forys-Dworniczak ◽  
Agnieszka Drosdzol-Cop ◽  
Aneta Gawlik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Polycystic Ovary ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Social Competencies ◽  
Body Weight Status ◽  
Psychological Gender ◽  
Social Exposure

Study Objective. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether body weight status and clinical hyperandrogenism may influence social competencies and psychological gender features in adolescent girls. Design and Participants. In 104 adolescent girls, psychological gender inventory (PGI) and social competencies questionnaire (SCQ) (assessing social abilities in three aspects: intimacy (I), social exposure (SE), and assertiveness (AS)) were performed. Subjects were divided into four subgroups: G1—24 nonobese girls without hyperandrogenism, G2—18 obese girls without hyperandrogenism, G3—30 nonobese hyperandrogenic girls, and G4—32 obese girls with hyperandrogenism. Results. There were no significant differences in all parts of SCQ and PGI between the study and control groups. The feminine woman type dominated in all groups; in G3 and G4, masculine woman type appeared more often than in G1 and G2 (13.3% and 12.5% versus 4.0% and 0.0%, resp.). In G4, positive relationship between BMI z-score and SCQ (r=0.4, p=0.03) was found. In G1, the relationship was opposite (r=−0.5, p=0.03). Hirsutism correlated negatively with SCQ (r=−0.5, p=0.02), I (r=−0.5, p=0.02), and AS (r=−0.5, p=0.02) only in G1; in other groups, this relationship was insignificant. In G4, higher testosterone level was associated with lower SCQ (r=−0.5, p=0.008) and AS (r=−0.5, p=0.003). In G2, testosterone concentration correlated positively with SCQ (r=0.6, p=0.01), SE (r=0.5, p=0.02), and AS (r=0.6, p=0.02). Conclusion. In adolescent girls, neither body weight nor clinical features of hyperandrogenism seem to be the source of evaluated disorders in psychological functioning.

scholarly journals PROP taster status interacts with the built environment to influence children's food acceptance and body weight status

Obesity ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 786-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlye Burd ◽  
Araliya Senerat ◽  
Earle Chambers ◽  
Kathleen L. Keller
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Food Acceptance ◽  
Body Weight Status

Is overweight/obesity a risk factor for atopic allergic disease in prepubertal children? A case–control study

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aysel Vehapoglu ◽  
Zeynep Ebru Cakın ◽  
Feyza Ustabas Kahraman ◽  
Mustafa Atilla Nursoy ◽  
Ali Toprak
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Allergic Disease ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Prepubertal Children ◽  
Body Weight Status ◽  
Increased Risk

Abstract Objectives It is unclear whether body weight status (underweight/normal weight/overweight/obese) is associated with allergic disease. Our objective was to investigate the relationship between body weight status (body mass index; BMI) and atopic allergic disease in prepubertal children, and to compare children with atopic allergic diseases with non atopic healthy children. Methods A prospective cross sectional study of 707 prepubertal children aged 3–10 years was performed; the participants were 278 atopic children with physician-diagnosed allergic disease (allergic rhinitis and asthma) (serum total IgE level >100 kU/l and eosinophilia >4%, or positivity to at least one allergen in skin test) and 429 non atopic healthy age- and sex-matched controls. Data were collected between December 2019 and November 2020 at the Pediatric General and Pediatric Allergy Outpatient Clinics of Bezmialem Vakıf University Hospital. Results Underweight was observed in 11.6% of all participants (10.8% of atopic children, 12.2% of healthy controls), and obesity in 14.9% of all participants (18.0% of atopic children, 12.8% of controls). Obese (OR 1.71; 95% CI: 1.08–2.71, p=0.021), and overweight status (OR 1.62; 95% CI: 1.06–2.50, p=0.026) were associated with an increased risk of atopic allergic disease compared to normal weight in pre-pubertal children. This association did not differ by gender. There was no relationship between underweight status and atopic allergic disease (OR 1.03; 95% CI: 0.63–1.68, p=0.894). Conclusions Overweight and obesity were associated with an increased risk of atopic allergic disease compared to normal weight among middle-income and high-income pre pubertal children living in Istanbul.

scholarly journals Factors Associated With Body Weight Status of Iranian Postgraduate Students in Universiti Putra Malaysia

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Zarei ◽  
Mohd Nasir Mohd Taib ◽  
Fatemeh Zarei ◽  
Hazizi Abu Saad
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Body Weight Status

scholarly journals Dietary Energy Density Is Associated with Body Weight Status and Vegetable Intake in U.S. Children

2011 ◽  
Vol 141 (12) ◽  
pp. 2204-2210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline A. Vernarelli ◽  
Diane C. Mitchell ◽  
Terryl J. Hartman ◽  
Barbara J. Rolls
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Energy Density ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Dietary Energy ◽  
Body Weight Status ◽  
Dietary Energy Density

Adolescents’ perceptions of their parents’ and peers’ opinions about their body weight

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reema Tayyem ◽  
Sabika Allehdan ◽  
Hiba Bawadi ◽  
Georgianna Tuuri ◽  
Mariam Al-Mannai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Parental Criticism ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Actual Weight ◽  
Body Weights

Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the associations between adolescents’ perceptions of their parents’ and peers’ opinions about body weight and their actual weight status. Design/methodology/approach A total of 795 Jordanian adolescents, 15-18 years of age, were recruited in this study. Adolescents completed a questionnaire to evaluate their perceptions: about how their parents’ and peers’ viewed their weight, regarding any criticism of their parents and peers about their weight and if their parents compared their weight against their siblings. Findings The study found that the majority of non-overweight adolescents thought their parents and peers considered them to have a normal weight (94.9 and 94.6 per cent for boys, 76.6 and 85.5 per cent for girls, respectively). For obese girls, 83.4 per cent thought their parents and 91.7 per cent thought their peers perceived them as overweight. The risk of being obese was significantly related to the amount of parental criticism perceived by adolescent girls with OR = 3.9 (95 per cent CI: 1.6-9.4; P = 0.01), while perception of peer criticism showed an increased trend of risk for obesity in boys. Adolescents’ perceptions regarding parental comparisons between their body weights against their siblings’ body weight was found to increase the risk for obesity significantly among girls. Originality/value The current study highlights that most of the obese adolescents perceived that their parents and peers underestimated their actual weight status. While obese boys were more likely to report being criticized about their body shape by their peers, obese girls indicated that they received more criticism about their weight from their parents.

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