Association between posttraumatic stress disorder and lack of exercise, poor diet, obesity, and co-occuring smoking: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Carissa van den Berk-ClarkScott SecrestJesse WallsEllen HallbergPatrick J LustmanF David SchneiderJeffrey F ScherrerPublished in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2018)
Evidence shows PTSD is associated with reduced healthy eating and physical activity, and increased obesity and smoking. The well-established association between PTSD and metabolic and cardiovascular disease may be partly due to poor diet, sedentary lifestyle, high prevalence of obesity, and co-occurring smoking in this population. The well-established association of PTSD with CMD is likely due in part to poor health behaviors in this patient population. (PsycINFO Database Record
Keyphrases
- posttraumatic stress disorder
- physical activity
- weight loss
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- cardiovascular disease
- type diabetes
- smoking cessation
- high fat diet induced
- weight gain
- public health
- healthcare
- social support
- body mass index
- mental health
- adipose tissue
- sleep quality
- emergency department
- coronary artery disease
- health information
- depressive symptoms
- risk assessment
- body composition