ArticleNutrients2025
Weight Status and Myopia in Children and Adolescents: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study of China.
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- Association of anthropometric parameter with myopia in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Pooled it
- Association between nutritional factors and myopia in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Analysis of the Association Between Weight Status and Myopia in Children and Adolescents and Development of a Screening Model Based on Body Fat Percentage.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2026Article
- Body Mass Index is Associated With Direction-Specific Increases in With-the-Rule Corneal and Refractive Astigmatism in Schoolchildren.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2026Article
- Lipid metabolism related inflammation modulates ocular growth in a high-fat diet guinea pig model.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Article
- Proteomic profiling of spontaneous myopia in guinea pigs.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Genome-wide association study of myopia progression in Chinese adolescents and application of polygenic risk score prediction.Frontiers in chemistry · 2026Article
- Physical activity for the co-prevention of myopia and obesity in children and adolescents: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivesThe prevalence of both myopia and obesity is increasing among children and adolescents around the world. We aimed to examine the association between weight status and myopia in Chinese children and adolescents.
methodsThe analysis included 35,108 participants aged 6-17 from a nationwide cross-sectional survey.
resultsOur results indicated that girls with overweight and obesity had higher odds ratio (OR) of myopia and mild myopia: ages 6-8 (OR = 1.33, 95% CI: 1.01-1.76; OR = 1.71, 95% CI: 1.14-2.55) and 9-11 (OR = 1.22, 95% CI: 1.03-1.44; OR = 1.31, 95% CI: 1.06-1.62). Myopic boys had higher body fat percentages (BFP) at ages 6-8 (β = 1.18, 95% CI: 0.38-1.98), 9-11 (β = 0.58, 95% CI: 0.08-1.07), and 15-17 (β = 0.42, 95% CI: 0.03-0.80), and higher body mass index (BMI) at ages 9-11 (β = 0.30, 95% CI: 0.12-0.48) and 12-14 (β = 0.19, 95% CI: 0.02-0.38). Girls had higher BFP at ages 9-11 (β = 0.62, 95% CI: 0.19-1.05) and 12-14 (β =0.53, 95% CI: 0.19-0.88) and higher BMI at 9-11 (β = 0.53, 95% CI: 0.34-0.73). Furthermore, the dose-response curves revealed a significant gender- and age-specific association between BMI, BFP, and myopia odds ratio.
conclusionsthe study found an association between overweight or obesity and myopia in girls aged 6-11, and indicated that high BFP and BMI are associated with myopia, varying by sex and age.
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