Body Weight & Obesity

Cook CE, Kim C, Banack HR. A cross-national comparison of obesity using BMI-for-age percentiles: results from the Canadian longitudinal study on aging (CLSA) and the United States health and retirement study (HRS). Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Aug 21:kwaf181. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaf181. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40838585.

De Rubeis V, Gonzalez A, Griffith L, Tarride JE, Anderson LN. Adverse childhood experiences and perceived body size across the life course: a longitudinal study using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. BMJ Public Health. 2025 Jan 26;3:e002007. doi:10.1136/bmjph-2024-002007

Tam ACT, Murphy RA, Conklin AI, Zhang W. Does Retirement and Work Stoppage Impact Body Weight and Waist Circumference Changes in Middle- and Older-Aged Women and Men? Results From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. J Appl Gerontol. 2024 Feb 27:7334648241230875. doi: 10.1177/07334648241230875. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38412849.

De Rubeis V, Gonzalez A, Tarride JÉ, Griffith LE, Anderson LN. A longitudinal study evaluating adverse childhood experiences and obesity in adulthood using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Int J Epidemiol. 2023 Aug 2;52(4):1100-1111. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyad054. PMID: 37155914.

De Rubeis V, Gonzalez A, de Groh M, Jiang Y, Erbas Oz U, Tarride JE, Basta NE, Kirkland S, Wolfson C, Griffith LE, Raina P, Anderson LN; Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Team. Obesity and adverse childhood experiences in relation to stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Int J Obes (Lond). 2023 Mar;47(3):197-206. doi: 10.1038/s41366-023-01258-9. Epub 2023 Jan 23. PMID: 36690842.

Badley EM, Zahid S, Wilfong JM, Perruccio AV. Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Osteoarthritis for Single and Multisite Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, or Knee: Findings From a Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Nov;74(11):1879-1887. doi: 10.1002/acr.24729. Epub 2022 Jul 22. PMID: 34121361.

Quan S, Menec V, O’Connell M, Cloutier D, Newall N, Tate R, John PS. Prevalence of obesity and elevated body mass index along a progression of rurality: A cross-sectional study – The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Can J Rural Med. 2022 Oct-Dec;27(4):148-157. doi: 10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_55_21. PMID: 36254938.

Marshall H, Berry EC, Torres SD, Mullany S, Schmidt J, Thomson D, Nguyen TT, Knight LS, Hollitt G, Qassim A, Kolovos A, Ridge B, Schulz A, Lake S, Mills RA, Agar A, Galanopoulos A, Landers J, Healey PR, Graham SL, Hewitt AW, Casson RJ, MacGregor S, Siggs OM, Craig JE. Association Between Body Mass Index and Primary Open Angle Glaucoma in Three Cohorts. Am J Ophthalmol. 2023 Jan;245:126-133. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2022.08.006. Epub 2022 Aug 13. PMID: 35970205.

Verschoor CP, Cakmak S, Lukina AO, Dales RE. Activity-related dyspnea in older adults participating in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Oct;37(13):3302-3309. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07374-4. Epub 2022 Jul 11. PMID: 35819684.

Chopp-Hurley JN, Wiebenga EG, Keller HH, Maly MR. Nutrition risk, physical activity and fibre intake are associated with body composition in OA: analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. BMJ Nutr Prev Health. 2022 Jul 4;5(2):191-200. doi: 10.1136/bmjnph-2021-000319. PMID: 36619336.

Sakib MN, Ramezan R, Thompson ME, Best JR, Hall PA. Cognitive Function Is Associated With Multiple Indices of Adiposity in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Psychosom Med. 2022 Sep 1;84(7):773-784. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001099. Epub 2022 Jun 28. PMID: 35797581.

Nazmus Sakib M, Best JR, Ramezan R, Thompson ME, Hall PA. Bidirectional Associations Between Adiposity and Cognitive Function: A Prospective Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2023 Feb 24;78(2):314-325. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glac115. PMID: 35640256.