| Literature DB >> 35127118 |
William J Heerman1, Lauren R Samuels2, Tavia González Peña3, Chelsea van Wyk1, Lindsay S Mayberry4, Julie Lounds Taylor1,5, Nina C Martin6.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) contribute to poor overall health among children with obesity. This study evaluated how one potential protective factor-family resilience-affects the association between ACEs and childhood obesity.Entities:
Keywords: adverse childhood experiences; childhood obesity; family resilience
Year: 2021 PMID: 35127118 PMCID: PMC8804940 DOI: 10.1002/osp4.497
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Obes Sci Pract ISSN: 2055-2238
Demographic characteristics, overall, and by categorized ACE count
| Overall | 0 ACEs | 1–3 ACEs | 4–9 ACEs |
| % Missing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| 30,023,428 | 14,615,973 | 13,015,195 | 2,392,259 | ||
| Child age (median [IQR]) | 14 [12, 16] | 13 [11, 15] | 14 [12, 16] | 14 [12, 16] | <0.001 | 0 |
| Child sex (%) | 0.778 | 0.1 | ||||
| Male | 51 | 50.6 | 51.3 | 51.7 | ||
| Female | 49 | 49.4 | 48.7 | 48.3 | ||
| Child race/ethnicity (%) | <0.001 | 1.3 | ||||
| Hispanic | 24.8 | 24.9 | 25.0 | 22.9 | ||
| White, non‐Hispanic | 52.0 | 56.1 | 48.5 | 46.1 | ||
| Black, non‐Hispanic | 13.5 | 8.9 | 17.6 | 19.7 | ||
| Other/Multi‐racial, non‐Hispanic | 9.7 | 10.2 | 8.9 | 11.3 | ||
| Child has current insurance coverage (%) | 93.3 | 93.6 | 93 | 93.8 | 0.556 | 0.2 |
| Child has special healthcare needs (%) | 23.9 | 17.6 | 27.2 | 44.5 | <0.001 | 0 |
| Adult highest education level (%) | <0.001 | 1.3 | ||||
| Less than high school | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 11.4 | ||
| High school or GED | 19.5 | 14.2 | 23.8 | 28.6 | ||
| Some college or technical school | 23.1 | 17.7 | 27.2 | 33.6 | ||
| College degree or higher | 46.7 | 57.3 | 38.4 | 26.3 | ||
| Family structure (%) | <0.001 | 0.4 | ||||
| Two parents, currently married | 65.3 | 87.9 | 47.7 | 23.1 | ||
| Two parents, not currently married | 7.4 | 2.8 | 12.3 | 8.7 | ||
| Single mother | 18.0 | 5.6 | 27.5 | 40.7 | ||
| Other family type | 9.4 | 3.6 | 12.5 | 27.5 | ||
| Number of people in household (%) | ||||||
| Two people | 4.9 | 1.1 | 8.3 | 10.2 | <0.001 | 1.0 |
| Three people | 19.6 | 15.9 | 23.3 | 22.5 | ||
| Four people | 32.5 | 38.1 | 28.3 | 20.8 | ||
| Five people | 25.1 | 27.8 | 22.2 | 24.4 | ||
| Six or more people | 17.9 | 17.1 | 17.9 | 22.1 | ||
| Family lives in supportive neighborhood (%) | 56.7 | 66.7 | 49.2 | 35.8 | <0.001 | 1.4 |
| Neighborhood amenities (%) | <0.001 | 1.8 | ||||
| Neighborhood does not contain any amenities | 11.3 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 15.6 | ||
| Neighborhood contains one amenity | 10.9 | 10.4 | 11.2 | 12.5 | ||
| Neighborhood contains two amenities | 16.2 | 14.7 | 17.6 | 18 | ||
| Neighborhood contains three amenities | 22.8 | 21.9 | 23.6 | 23.5 | ||
| Neighborhood contains all four amenities | 38.8 | 42.8 | 35.8 | 30.5 |
Note: All data are presented using survey weights.
Imputed by NSCH; imputed values are included in the table
Imputed by study team; imputed values are not included in the table
FIGURE 1Percent of children who have experienced ≥4 adverse childhood experiences, by state
FIGURE 2Percent of children experiencing each category of adverse childhood experience by race/ethnicity
Prevalence of overweight and obesity by number of ACEs
| Number of ACEs | Normal/Underweight (%) | Overweight (%) | Obesity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 74 | 14 | 11 |
| 1 | 67 | 16 | 18 |
| 2–3 | 63 | 16 | 21 |
| 4–9 | 61 | 18 | 21 |
Abbreviation: ACE, adverse childhood experience.
Prevalence of overweight and obesity for combinations of ACEs and Family Resilience scores
| Number of ACEs | Family Resilience 0 | Family Resilience 4 | Family Resilience 8 | Family Resilience 12 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overweight (%) | Obesity (%) | Overweight (%) | Obesity (%) | Overweight (%) | Obesity (%) | Overweight (%) | Obesity (%) | |
| 0 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 12 |
| 1 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 19 |
| 2–3 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 21 |
| 4–9 | 21 | 35 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 23 |
Note: Percentages represent the survey‐weighted prevalence estimates for child overweight and obesity for specific combinations of ACEs and Family Resilience Score (possible range 0–12).
Abbreviation: ACE, adverse childhood experience.
FIGURE 3Family resilience, adverse childhood experiences, and odds ratios for overweight/obesity. Odds ratios from the adjusted ordinal logistic regression model are shown for specific combinations of adverse childhood experience (ACE) count and family resilience score. Odds ratios are with respect to the reference categories of 0 ACEs and a family resilience score of 0. For example, children with a family resilience score of 4 and 4–9 ACEs have an odds of being in a higher versus lower weight category that is 1.72 times the odds for children with zero ACEs and a family resilience score of 0. “Being in a higher versus lower weight category” applies to either of the two possible dichotomizations: obesity versus overweight/normal/underweight, or obesity/overweight versus normal/underweight. Odds ratios in the figure are shown with 95% confidence intervals. The odds ratios reported are derived from combinations of odds ratios from the overall adjusted ordinal logistic regression model; the full output of which is shown in Table S5
FIGURE 4Predicted probabilities of child obesity by race and ethnicity. The predicted probability of child obesity is shown for specific combinations of adverse childhood experience count and family resilience, based on the adjusted proportional odds regression model. The predicted probability is shown with the 95% confidence interval. To obtain these probabilities, covariate profiles were set to the specified race/ethnicity, with other covariates set to the median or mode. The predicted probabilities are derived from the overall adjusted ordinal logistic regression model, the full output of which is shown in Table S5