Stress, inflammation and metabolic biomarkers are associated with body composition measures in lean, overweight, and obese children and adolescents

EV Christaki, P Pervanidou, I Papassotiriou, D Bastaki… - Children, 2022 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to examine the associations between multiple indices of stress,
inflammation and metabolism vs. body composition parameters in 121 (43 boys, 78 girls) …

The association between childhood stress and body composition, and the role of stress-related lifestyle factors—cross-sectional findings from the baseline ChiBS …

B Vanaelst, N Michels, E Clays, D Herrmann… - International journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Background Stress has been hypothesised to be involved in obesity development, also in
children. More research is needed into the role of lifestyle factors in this association …

Adipokines profile and inflammation biomarkers in prepubertal population with obesity and healthy metabolic state

L Cobos-Palacios, M Muñoz-Úbeda… - Children, 2022 - mdpi.com
(1) Background and aims: Obesity and high body max index (BMI) have been linked to
elevated levels of inflammation serum markers such as C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin …

Children's Body composition and Stress–the ChiBS study: aims, design, methods, population and participation characteristics

N Michels, B Vanaelst, K Vyncke, I Sioen… - Archives of Public …, 2012 - Springer
Background The last decades, the prevalence of childhood obesity has increased. Apart
from other lifestyle factors, the effect of chronic psychosocial stress on the development of …

Marked influence of adiposity on laboratory biomarkers in a healthy cohort of children and adolescents

V Higgins, A Omidi, H Tahmasebi… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background The prevalence of pediatric obesity is increasing worldwide and strongly
associates with metabolic abnormalities, including inflammation, insulin resistance, and …

Anthropometric indices as predictors of the metabolic syndrome and its components in adolescents

C Jung, N Fischer, M Fritzenwanger… - Pediatrics …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Overweight and related health problems are becoming increasingly
recognized, especially in children and adolescents. For early screening, different …

Inverse correlation of serum inflammatory markers with metabolic parameters in healthy, Black and White prepubertal youth

J Zabaleta, C Velasco-Gonzalez, J Estrada… - International journal of …, 2014 - nature.com
Objective: To examine for the first time the associations between pro-inflammatory cytokines
and obesity-related metabolic biomarkers in, exclusively prepubertal, otherwise healthy …

Cross-lagged associations between children's stress and adiposity: the Children's Body Composition and Stress study

N Michels, I Sioen, L Boone, E Clays… - Psychosomatic …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objective The public health threats stress and adiposity have previously been associated
with each other. Longitudinal studies are needed to reveal whether this association is …

Metabolic, inflammatory and adipokine differences on overweight/obese children with and without metabolic syndrome: A cross-sectional study

I Cura–Esquivel, MM Perales-Quintana… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Obesity is associated with low-grade inflammation and metabolic syndrome
(MetS) in both children and adults. Our aim was to describe metabolic, inflammatory and …

Ability of measures of adiposity in identifying adverse levels of inflammatory and metabolic markers in adolescents

J Oliveira-Santos, R Santos, C Moreira, S Abreu… - Childhood …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Background: Overweight and obesity have been associated with a pro-inflammatory state.
We aimed to assess the ability of different measures of overall and abdominal adiposity for …