Developmental trajectories of childhood obesity and risk behaviors in adolescence

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Huang, David Y. C. Lanza, H. Isabella Wright-Volel, Kynna Anglin, M. Douglas
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Journal: Journal of adolescence 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.
Related Links	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530618/pdf
Ending Page	148
Page Count	10
Starting Page	139
ISSN	01401971
e-ISSN	10959254
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.10.005
Journal	Journal of adolescence
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	36
Language	English
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher Date	2013-02-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: Journal of adolescence
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Developmental and Educational Psychology Social Psychology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health Psychiatry and Mental Health