A Longitudinal Study of Life Trauma, Chronic Stress and Body Mass Index on Weight Gain over a 2-Year Period
Fogelman N, Magin Z, Hart R, Sinha R. A Longitudinal Study of Life Trauma, Chronic Stress and Body Mass Index on Weight Gain over a 2-Year Period. Behavioral Medicine 2020, 48: 162-170. PMID: 32552603, PMCID: PMC7744435, DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2020.1780192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexCumulative Adversity InterviewLife traumaWeight gainChronic stressMass indexObesity-related health outcomesTrauma copingGreater weight gainLean individualsTrauma eventsObesity epidemicLongitudinal effectsHealth outcomesCurrent findingsLongitudinal studyTraumaVulnerable individualsObesitySignificant increaseTwo-year periodIndividualsCopingHigh levelsOverweight