Stress and Adiposity
A Meta‐Analysis of Longitudinal Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23326348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jon Wardle (0000-0002-1691-593X, Public Health England, corresponding author), Jane Wardle, Yoichi Chida, E Leigh Gibson (0000-0002-9789-7429, University of Roehampton), Katriina L Whitaker (0000-0002-0947-1840), Andrew Steptoe (0000-0001-7808-4943, University College London) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 771-778 |
| Publication date | 2011-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Obesity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1930-7381 • E-ISSN: 1930-739X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1038/oby.2010.241 |
| PMID | 20948519 |
| OpenAlex | W2051101556 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 72 |
| References cited | 51 |
Psychosocial stress has been strongly implicated in the biology of adiposity but epidemiological studies have produced inconsistent results. The aim of this analysis was to bring together results from published, longitudinal, prospective studies examining associations between psychosocial stress and objectively measured adiposity in a meta‐analysis. Searches were conducted on Medline, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and PubMed (to January 2009) and reference lists from relevant articles were examined. Prospective studies relating psychosocial stress (general life stress (including caregiver stress), work stress) to BMI, body fat, body weight, waist circumference, or waist‐to‐hip ratio were included. Analyses from 14 cohorts were collated and evaluated. There was no significant heterogeneity, no evidence of publication bias, and no association between study quality and outcomes. The majority of analyses found no significant relationship between stress and adiposity (69%), but among those with significant effects, more found positive than negative associations (25 vs. 6%). Combining results in a meta‐analysis showed that stress was associated with increasing adiposity ( r = 0.014; confidence interval (CI) = 0.002–0.025, P
Biology · Body mass index · Confidence interval · MEDLINE · Meta-analysis · Prospective cohort study · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · PsycINFO · Waist · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Physical Activity and Health · Gerontology
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Predictors of Psychological Strain and Allostatic Load in Teachers
Association between Income and Obesity in Black Men
What is eating you? Stress and the drive to eat
Self-perceived stress is associated with adiposity and atherosclerosis. The GEA Study
The psychobiology of comfort eating
Stress and cardiovascular disease
Stress and eating behaviours in healthy adults
The Physical and Mental Health of Head Start Staff
Work Stress as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease
Effects of stress on the development and progression of cardiovascular disease
Childhood maltreatment and obesity
Stress and Cardiovascular Disease
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Chronic Stress and Negative Marital Quality Among Older Couples
Effects of Job Content and Physical Activity on Body Mass Index among Obese Managers of the Mexican Manufacturing Industry
Rationale and study protocol for a randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a culturally relevant, stress management enhanced behavioral weight loss intervention on weight loss outcomes of black women
Not the Root of the Problem—Hair Cortisol and Cortisone Do Not Mediate the Effect of Child Maltreatment on Body Mass Index
The Weight of Migration
Physical activity, body mass index and heart rate variability-based stress and recovery in 16 275 Finnish employees
Financial hardship and obesity
Psychosocial work environment factors and weight change
How does psychosocial stress affect the relationship between socioeconomic disadvantage and overweight and obesity? Examining Hemmingsson’s model with data from a Danish longitudinal study
Using Gamma and Quantile Regressions to Explore the Association between Job Strain and Adiposity in the Elsa-Brasil Study
Higher Academic Stress Was Associated with Increased Risk of Overweight and Obesity among College Students in China
Prevalence, Associated Factors and Psychological Determinants of Obesity among Adults in Selangor, Malaysia
Estresse E Comportamento Alimentar Em Adultos Obesos
Associations between psychological stress, eating, physical activity, sedentary behaviours and body weight among women
Perceived Neighbourhood Problems over Time and Associations with Adiposity
Health Behavior Change in the Classroom
Peer effects in weight-related behaviours of young people
Stress, eating and weight change in first year students
A study on the configuration of factors influencing overweight and obesity in adolescents based on fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis
Toward a multidimensional understanding of residential neighborhood
Independent Effects of Neighborhood Poverty and Psychosocial Stress on Obesity Over Time
Stuffing down feelings
Covid-19, Religious Coping, and Weight Change in the Orthodox Jewish Community
Receiving Support, Giving Support, Neighborhood Conditions, and Waist/Hip Ratios
Investigating the effects of rurality on stress, subjective well-being, and weight-related outcomes
The decline in the physical stature of the U.S. population parallels the diminution in the rate of increase in life expectancy
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Unaccompanied homeless youth have extremely poor diet quality and nutritional status
Co-Development and Bidirectional Associations Between Psychological Stress and Obesity in School-Aged Children
Psychosocial Stress Over the Lifespan, Psychological Factors, and Cardiometabolic Risk in the Community
Chronic Stress Burden, Visceral Adipose Tissue, and Adiposity-Related Inflammation
Cross-Lagged Associations Between Children’s Stress and Adiposity
Teachers’ Heart Rate Variability and Behavioral Reactions in Aggressive Interactions
Associations between perceived stress and BMI and waist circumference in Chinese adults
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Stress-induced eating and drinking and their associations with weight among women and men during 30-year follow-up
Efficacy of inhaled Lavandula angustifolia Mill. Essential oil on sleep quality, quality of life and metabolic control in patients with diabetes mellitus type II and insomnia
The prevalence of food addiction in a large sample of adolescents and its association with addictive substances
Academic stress and personality interact to increase the neural response to high-calorie food cues
Development and preliminary validation of the Salzburg Stress Eating Scale
High perceived stress is associated with unfavorable eating behavior in overweight and obese Finns of working age
Adverse childhood experiences, economic hardship, and obesity
Social support and trajectories of body mass index and waist to hip ratio from mid-adulthood to old age
Neighborhood Ethnic Composition, Spatial Assimilation, and Change in Body Mass Index Over Time Among Hispanic and Chinese Immigrants
Squeezing Blood From a Stone
Predicting Depressive Symptoms and Weight from Adolescence to Adulthood
The association between income inequality and adolescent body mass index
Relationship quality and couples’ unhealthy behaviors predict body mass index in women
Food cravings mediate the relationship between chronic stress and body mass index
Predictors of weight variation and weight gain in peri- and post-menopausal women
Perceived stress, negative life events, and adiposity among Puerto Rican young adults in the South Bronx, New York, and San Juan, Puerto Rico
Alternative measures to BMI
The weight of racism
Financial health and obesity
The effect of metropolitan-area mortgage delinquency on health behaviors, access to health services, and self-rated health in the United States, 2003-2010
Discrimination and excessive weight gain during pregnancy among Black and Latina young women
Gender, stress in childhood and adulthood, and trajectories of change in body mass
Positive and Negative Life Changes and LDL Cholesterol
Sex differences in stress responses
Relationship between stress, eating behavior, and obesity
Emotional influences on food choice
Socioeconomic Status and Obesity
Health risks associated with overweight and obesity
Overweight, Obesity, and Depression
Chronic stress and obesity
Meta-analysis in clinical trials
Stress, dietary restraint and food intake
Stress, eating and the reward system
The emerging epidemic of obesity in developing countries
Work stress, weight gain and weight loss
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Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Midadult Life
Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
A Path Model of Chronic Stress, the Metabolic Syndrome, and Coronary Heart Disease
Relationship Between Work Stress and Body Mass Index Among 45,810 Female and Male Employees
Consistent sex differences in cortisol responses to psychological stress
Psychosocial and other working conditions in relation to body mass index in a representative sample of Australian workers
Socioeconomic position and risk of short-term weight gain
Chronic psychosocial factors and acute physiological responses to laboratory-induced stress in healthy populations
Effects of chronic job insecurity and change in job security on self reported health, minor psychiatric morbidity, physiological measures, and health related behaviours in British civil servants
An examination of processes linking perceived neighborhood disorder and obesity
Change in job satisfaction, and its association with self-reported stress, cardiovascular risk factors and mortality
| Unique citing works | 72 |
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| Citations per year | 5,14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 68 |