Developmental Trajectories of Childhood Obesity and Risk Behaviors in Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Huang, David Y. C.; Lanza, H. Isabella; Wright-Volel, Kynna; Anglin, M. Douglas
Titel	Developmental Trajectories of Childhood Obesity and Risk Behaviors in Adolescence
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 36 (2013) 1, S.139-148 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.10.005
Schlagwörter	Smoking; Adolescents; Drinking; Obesity; Risk; Longitudinal Studies; Correlation; Health Behavior; Gender Differences; Race; Trend Analysis; Marijuana; Delinquency; Mental Health; Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rauchen; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Trinken; Adipositas; Risiko; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Korrelation; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rasse; Abstammung; Trendanalyse; Kriminalität; Psychohygiene; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	Using group-based trajectory modeling, this study examined 5156 adolescents from the child sample of the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to identify developmental trajectories of obesity from ages 6-18 and evaluate associations of such trajectories with risk behaviors and psychosocial health in adolescence. Four distinctive obesity trajectories were identified: "Chronically Obese," "Decreasing," "Increasing," and "Non-obese." Males were overrepresented in the Chronically Obese and Increasing groups; females were overrepresented in the Decreasing group. African-Americans were overrepresented in the Chronically Obese, Increasing, and Decreasing groups; in contrast, Whites were overrepresented in the Non-obese group. Obesity trajectories were not associated with greater trends in alcohol use, marijuana use, or delinquency, but Chronically Obese adolescents showed a greater increase in cigarette smoking over time compared to other trajectories. The Increasing trajectory, representing a transition into obesity status from childhood to adolescence, was associated with poorer psychosocial health compared to other trajectories. (Contains 2 figures and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10