title: [Health-related quality of life across weight categories in childhood].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze differences in health-related quality of life across weight categories based on body mass index in boys and girls aged 8 to 12 years old.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study with 678 schoolchildren aged between 8 and 12 years from the province of Alicante (Spain) was conducted. The scores on the dimensions of health-related quality of life, assessed by the Spanish version of the Child Health and Illness Profile-Child Edition, across the weight categories (according to the World Health Organization Child Growth Standards) and sex, were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overweight or obesity was found in 28.2% and 15.3% of the sample, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences (p > 0.05) across the weight categories on the distinct dimensions of health-related quality of life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Children are unaware of the impact of obesity on quality of life. Interventions to increase knowledge of this issue are required.
authors: Área de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico, Departamento de Psicología de la Salud, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, España. jpiqueras@umh.es
authors: José A
authors: JA
authors: Piqueras
authors: Mireia
authors: M
authors: Orgilés
authors: José P
authors: JP
authors: Espada
authors: José L
authors: JL
authors: Carballo
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology*; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013851:Thinness / Q000523:psychology