Table 2.

Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between overweight including obesity (OWOB, and two dichotomized indicators of psychosocial health, poor health related quality of life (PHRQOL), and poor well-being (PWB), in the entire sample of children (n = 7,831) with measures at baseline (2007/08) and at follow-up (2009/10)

	PHRQOL		PWB
Study year	2007/08	2009/10	2007/08	2009/10
	OR (95 % CI)a	OR (95 % CI)a	OR (95 % CI)a	OR (95 % CI)a
OWOB at baseline (2007/08)	1.03 (0.90, 1.17)	1.10 (0.96, 1.25)	1.18 (0.95, 1.46)	1.04 (0.83, 1.30)
OWOB at follow-up (2009/10)	1.00 (0.89, 1.14)	1.07 (0.95, 1.21)	1.22 (1.00, 1.48)	1.26 (1.03, 1.54)

Footnotes: OR (95 % CI): odds ratio (95 % confidence interval)

Overweight including obesity (OWOB), defined according to Cole 2012 and poor health related quality of life (PHRQOL) measured by KINDL® and poor well-being (PWB) measured by Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

^alogistic regression of weight status on indicators of psychosocial health, adjusted for age, sex, parental education, intervention and country