Meng‐Che Tsai

ORCID: 0000-0003-1057-3315
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Research Areas
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Diabetes Management and Education
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Technology Adoption and User Behaviour

National Cheng Kung University Hospital
2016-2025

National Cheng Kung University
2016-2025

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
2021-2024

University of New Mexico
2023

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
2023

National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science
2023

National Tsing Hua University
2022

National Kaohsiung Normal University
2019

Background The causal relationships between two specific types of problematic use in internet-related activities [i.e., social media (PSMU) and gaming (PG)] psychological distress remain controversial. present study investigated the temporal PSMU, PG, (i.e., anxiety, depression) university students. Methods Hong Kong Taiwan students [ N = 645; n male 266; mean 20.95 years (SD 5.63)] were recruited for a survey study, with follow-ups at 3, 6, 9 months after baseline assessment. Bergen Social...

10.3389/fpubh.2022.858482 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Public Health 2022-04-08

Recent progresses of value-added electrolysis that replace OER with anodic reactions. Representation the elements: hydrogen (white color), carbon (gray), oxygen (red), nitrogen (blue), and iodine (magenta).

10.1039/d3ey00017f article EN cc-by EES Catalysis 2023-01-01

Given the negative consequences of weight bias, including internalized stigma, on health outcomes, two instruments-the Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire (WSSQ) and Bias Internalization Scale (WBIS)-have been developed. However, their psychometric properties are yet to be tested for Asian pediatric populations.Participants aged 8 12 years (N = 287; 153 boys) completed WSSQ WBIS, they were classified into either a group with overweight or without based self-reported height.Both WBIS had factor...

10.1016/j.ijchp.2019.03.001 article EN cc-by-nc-nd International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology 2019-04-18

Swyer syndrome, or 46, XY complete gonadal dysgenesis, is a disorder of human sexual development which present with female external genitalia, lack reproductive organs, and karyotype. Many genes that participate in have been implicated the pathogenesis dysgenesis.A 18-year-old phenotypically was presented primary amenorrhea. Surveillance revealed hypergonadotropic hypogonadism, normal male karyotype absent functional gonad, confirmed by pathological examination streak gonad. Whole exome...

10.1016/j.tjog.2022.01.004 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2022-09-01

The three-item Sexual Distress Scale (SDS-3) has been frequently used to assess distress related sexuality in public health surveys and research on sexual wellbeing. However, its psychometric properties measurement invariance across cultural, gender subgroups have not yet examined. This multinational study aimed validate the SDS-3 test properties, including language, country, identity, orientation groups. We global survey data from 82,243 individuals (Mean age=32.39 years; 40.3 % men, 57.0...

10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100461 article EN cc-by-nc International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology 2024-04-01

Background and Objectives: Obesity in youth is a growing public health concern, placing them at higher risk for adverse physical psychological outcomes. Understanding the predictors that affect weight management, particularly role of internalized stigma, psychosocial factors, eating behaviors, essential developing an effective intervention longitudinal follow-up. Materials Methods: We enrolled 102 youths with obesity aged 10 to 18 years old from clinical settings. Baseline demographic data,...

10.3390/medicina61030466 article EN cc-by Medicina 2025-03-07

Background/Objective: Overweight and obese children are likely to encounter negative impact on psychological well-being quality of life (QoL). Hence, for overweight children, measuring QoL could go beyond simply assessing objective medical parameters cover their physical health, well-being, social interaction. Generic (Kid-KINDL Pediatric Quality Life Inventory [PedsQL]) weight-related (Sizing Me Up) measures two major types measurement instruments; however, little is known about the...

10.1016/j.ijchp.2018.06.002 article EN cc-by-nc-nd International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology 2018-08-06

New Findings What is the central question of this study? Does regular exercise have benefits with regard to neurocognitive problems related obesity and are regular‐exercise‐induced changes associated in levels metabolic/inflammatory biomarkers? main finding its importance? Although obese individuals showed higher C‐reactive protein as compared healthy‐weight individuals, only a sedentary lifestyle deviant performance metabolic tumour necrosis factor‐α levels. The P3 amplitude was correlated...

10.1113/ep087862 article EN Experimental Physiology 2019-10-14

To identify health needs, preferred sources of information and associated factors in Taiwanese adolescents.Cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey conducted adolescents aged 12-18 years 2010.Adolescents were queried about their healthcare service utilisation information. We compared differences reported needs available among gender groups grade levels. Demographic correlates adolescent further examined using multiple ordinal logistic regression analysis.Participants (n=5018) needed weight...

10.1136/archdischild-2012-301629 article EN Archives of Disease in Childhood 2012-07-21

New Findings What is the central question of this study? Obesity linked to cognitive deficits, elevated energy metabolic indices and low‐grade systemic inflammation. Do relationships between neurocognitive performance biochemical markers (e.g. inflammatory cytokines) occur independently factors known be associated with dysfunction (i.e. cardiorespiratory fitness) in young adults? main finding its importance? Young obese adults showed poorer neuropsychological performances, aberrant neural...

10.1113/ep086624 article EN Experimental Physiology 2017-10-06

To examine the association between adolescent leisure-time Internet use and social integration in school context how this affects later depressive symptoms among adolescents Taiwan, using a large nationwide cohort study latent growth model (LGM) method.Data of 3795 students followed from year 2001 to 2006 Taiwan Education Panel Survey were analyzed. Leisure-time was defined by hours per week spent on (1) online chatting (2) games. School self-reported. We first used an unconditional LGM...

10.1097/dbp.0000000000000553 article EN Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics 2018-02-15

The objective of this research was to examine the pathway from public stigma, perceived depression in adolescents via internalized stigma. Adolescents grade 7 through 9 a junior high school Changhua County Taiwan completed self-administered surveys March July 2018. were asked questions regarding depressive symptoms, obesity-related and Structural equation modeling used fit model. first analyzed with full sample then stratified by actual weight status. Our final analytic consisted 464...

10.3390/ijerph16224410 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019-11-11

The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) is a self-assessment scale used widely in the studies of eating behavior, but its short form TFEQ-R21 has not been validated Taiwanese population. This study aimed to assess factor structure and reliability identify correlates behavior obese non-obese adolescents.A total 445 individuals aged 13-15 years were analyzed. They self-reported their disorder body shape preoccupation, weight-related self-stigma, anxiety, depression. We applied...

10.1016/j.pedneo.2020.08.006 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Pediatrics & Neonatology 2020-08-16
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