Faculty of Health Sciences and Education, Madrid Open University, La Coruña Highway, km 38.500, Collado Villalba, 28400 Madrid, Spain.
Faculty of Education, Pontifical University of Salamanca, Street Henry Collet, 52-70, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Apr 29;17(9):3106. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17093106.
Excess weight has been associated with numerous psychosocial problems and is considered to be one of the most important health problems of today. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between weight status, which is evaluated by means of the body mass index (BMI), and the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and life satisfaction (LS) variables in Spanish adolescents, as well as to examine whether gender influences this interrelationship. A total of 1197 subjects studying in their 1st and 4th years of high school (mean age: 14.4 years, : 1.69) participated in the study by completing the Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC) questionnaire. Then, the participants were grouped into the following categories: underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obese. The results show that boys have significantly higher HRQoL as well as higher levels of LS. On the other hand, only the obese group shows significantly lower scores in both HRQoL and LS than those in the normal-weight group. The interaction of weight category and gender does not have a significant impact on the variables that have been analyzed (HRQoL or LS).
超重与许多心理社会问题有关，被认为是当今最重要的健康问题之一。本研究旨在分析西班牙青少年的体重状况（通过体重指数 BMI 评估）与健康相关生活质量（HRQoL）和生活满意度（LS）变量之间的关系，并探讨性别是否会影响这种相互关系。共有 1197 名 1 年级和 4 年级的高中生（平均年龄：14.4 岁，SD=1.69）参与了这项研究，他们填写了《青少年健康行为调查问卷》（HBSC）。然后，参与者被分为以下几类：体重不足、正常体重、超重和肥胖。研究结果表明，男孩的 HRQoL 和 LS 明显更高。另一方面，只有肥胖组在 HRQoL 和 LS 两方面的得分均明显低于正常体重组。体重类别和性别之间的相互作用对分析的变量（HRQoL 或 LS）没有显著影响。
