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A Close Association between Body Weight, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Risk Behaviors in a Sample of Italian High School Students.

Maria Francesca Lodovica LazzeriFrancesca MastorciPaolo PiaggiCristina DoveriIrene MarinaroGabriele TrivelliniAnselmo CasuCaleb DevineLamia Ait-AliCristina VassalleAlessandro Pingitore
Published in: Nutrients (2023)
Our findings may suggest that there is an association between weight status categories and HRQoL that is more pronounced in underweight and overweight adolescents. The association between BMI categories and psychosocial dimensions opens the need to define specific domains on which such preventive interventions should focus, always through a personalized perspective.
Keyphrases
  • body weight
  • physical activity
  • weight gain
  • body mass index
  • young adults
  • weight loss
  • mental health