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Biomedical, Psychological, Environmental and Behavioural Factors Associated with Adult Obesity in a Nationally Representative Sample

Green, A; Montgomery, S; Cheng, H; Furnham, A; (2020) Biomedical, Psychological, Environmental and Behavioural Factors Associated with Adult Obesity in a Nationally Representative Sample. Journal of Public Health , 42 (3) pp. 570-578. 10.1093/pubmed/fdz009. Green open access

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Abstract

Objective: To identify personality, biomedical and behavioural factors associated with adult obesity in a large longitudinal sample. / Method: In total, 5360 participants with data on personality, neurological functioning, maternal smoking during pregnancy, education and occupation, physical exercise, adult self-reported BMI and obesity were included in the study. Obesity at 55 years was the outcome variable. / Results: The rates of obesity increased from 9.5 to 22.8% from age 33 to 55 years. Logistic regression analyses (adjusted estimates) showed that childhood neurological functioning (OR = 1.32: 1.07–1.63, P < 0.01), maternal smoking during pregnancy (OR = 1.42: 1.22–1.65, P < 0.001), educational qualifications (OR = 0.54: 0.37–0.79, P < 0.01), trait conscientiousness (OR = 0.80:0.74–0.86, P < 0.001) and physical exercise (OR = 0.87: 0.82–0.92, P < 0.001) were significant predictors of obesity at age 55 years for both men and women. Trait extraversion for men (OR = 1.16: 1.07–1.26, P < 0.001) and trait emotional stability for women (OR = 0.90: 0.82–0.99, P < 0.05) were also significant predictors of the outcome variable. / Conclusion: Biomedical, psychological, environmental and behavioural factors were all associated with adult obesity.

Type: Article
Title: Biomedical, Psychological, Environmental and Behavioural Factors Associated with Adult Obesity in a Nationally Representative Sample
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdz009
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdz009
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: longitudinal, maternal smoking, personality traits, childhood neurological conditions, physical exercise, obesity
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10116526
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