Psychosocial Stressors

Psychosocial stressors impair emotional development, reduce access to emotionally validating relationships, and limit social support. Psychosocial stressors are a primary reason lifestyle change is often limited in adolescents with higher body weight. Adolescents with higher body weight frequently experience low-income household conditions, mental health comorbidities, bullying, peer victimisation, and adverse childhood experiences. Weight-based stigma and body dissatisfaction are recognised concerns in behavioural interventions for adolescents. Mothers are more likely to enrol adolescent girls than boys in lifestyle-based weight management interventions.