Testing Bidirectional Associations Between Childhood Aggression and BMI: Results from Three Cohorts.
Ivonne P M DerksKoen BolhuisZeynep YalcinRomy GaillardManon H J HillegersHenrik LarssonSebastian LundströmPaul LichtensteinCatharina E M van BeijsterveldtMeike BartelsDorret I BoomsmaHenning TiemeierPauline W JansenPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2019)
More aggressive behavior was prospectively associated with higher BMI and fat mass. This suggests that aggression contributes to the obesity problem, and future research should study whether these behavioral pathways to childhood obesity are modifiable.