This study investigated the association between child maltreatment and body mass index (BMI) using data from four waves (wave 2 in 2011 through 5 in 2014) of the Korean Children & Youth Panel Survey collected by the South Korean National Youth Policy Institute. We employed a latent growth curve modeling approach to estimate an unobserved latent trajectory and to test the longitudinal effects of child abuse and neglect on BMI. Our results indicate that child abuse is significantly associated with BMI and children who report higher levels of abuse tend to have higher rates of increase in their BMI. This study addresses a gap in the literature by demonstrating that a parent's maltreatment of their child has a long-term effect on the rate of change in their BMI over time. Language: en

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调查韩国儿童肥胖的纵向轨迹及其与儿童虐待的关系

本研究使用韩国国家青年政策研究所收集的韩国儿童与青年小组调查的四波（2011 年第 2 波至 2014 年第 5 波）的数据，调查了儿童虐待与体重指数 (BMI) 之间的关联。我们采用潜在增长曲线建模方法来估计未观察到的潜在轨迹，并测试虐待和忽视儿童对 BMI 的纵向影响。我们的结果表明，虐待儿童与 BMI 显着相关，报告受虐待程度较高的儿童的 BMI 增长率往往较高。本研究通过证明父母对孩子的虐待对其 BMI 随时间的变化率产生长期影响来解决文献中的空白。语言：zh