Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
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Investigating the Association between Weight Status, Weight Change, and Headache in Young Australian Women.

Approved: 2016

Collaborators:

  • Dr Sonja Kubik
  • Prof Wendy Brown
  • Prof Paul Martin
  • A/Prof Grant Devilly
  • A/Prof Frances O Callaghan

Synopsis

Pervasive evidence has emerged suggesting an association exists between primary headaches (namely migraine) and obesity. However, only a very limited number of studies are prospective in nature and/or incorporated lifestyle and psychological factors into the model when investigating the migraine-obesity association. In this research, we will use cross-sectional data to explore what (if any) lifestyle and/or psychological factors known to correlate with both conditions have the greatest impact, and create a multivariate model that will show how these factors work together to predict headache in a nationally representative population of reproductive Australian women, aged 18-23 years. We will also use prospective data to examine the association between changes in women's weight status and self-reported headache frequency.