Key result
Childhood obesity links to lower QoL but not early cardiovascular risk markers like PWV.
Why the study?
Childhood obesity is a major cardiovascular risk factor linked to poor eating habits and emotional factors, but its relationship with eating behaviour, quality of life, and early cardiovascular risk markers needs evaluation.
Cross-Sectional (n=181)
No
Absolute Event Rate: 4.39% vs 4.45%
p-value: p=0.632
In children aged 5-13 years, obesity is associated with altered eating behaviors and reduced social quality of life, but not with early changes in arterial stiffness markers.
Obesity care in children should target eating behaviors and social QoL; leaves open later emergence of arterial changes.
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is a major cardiovascular risk factor because it predisposes individuals to comorbidities that are implicated in an increased risk of cardiovascular events. Its origin may be related to poor eating habits, such as the intake of foods of low nutritional value or inadequate eating behaviours related to emotional factors. This work aims to evaluate the relationship between the total body mass of children and adolescents and its association with eating habits, quality of life (QoL), and possible changes in early markers of cardiovascular risk. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional observational study that evaluated anthropometric and cardiovascular parameters, QoL, and eating behaviour in 181 children and adolescents aged between 5 and 13 years. Participants were stratified according to BMI/age into three groups (Adequate Weight, Overweight, and Obesity). Anthropometry included weight, height, waist and hip circumferences, waist-hip ratio, and waist-height ratio. QoL was assessed using the Peds-QL 4.0 questionnaire, and eating behaviour was assessed using the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ). Cardiovascular parameters were assessed using the Mobil-O-Graph® device, which measures the pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index (AIx@75) to estimate arterial stiffness (AS), which is considered an early marker of cardiovascular disease. RESULTS: In addition to the increase in anthropometric measurements (p < 0.001), the Obesity group exhibited behaviour related to food intake (p < 0.05). When analysing QoL, a worsening in the social domain was also observed in the Obesity group (p < 0.05). However, PWV and AIx@75 did not differ between groups. CONCLUSIONS: Eating behaviour is related to the development of childhood obesity. However, early markers of cardiovascular risk related to AS did not change as a function of total body mass in the children evaluated.
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Santos et al. (2023) conducted a cross-sectional in Childhood obesity and overweight (n=181). Obesity vs. Adequate weight was evaluated on Pulse wave velocity (PWV) in m/s (p=0.632). Childhood obesity was associated with behaviors related to overeating and decreased social quality of life, but did not significantly alter early markers of cardiovascular risk such as pulse wave velocity compared to children with adequate weight.
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