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Author: Fan, Jessie X.
Resulting in 3 citations.
1. Kowaleski-Jones, Lori
Brown, Barbara B.
Fan, Jessie X.
Smith, Ken R.
Zick, Cathleen D.
Are You What Your Mother Weighs? Evaluating the Impact of Maternal Weight Trajectories on Youth Overweight
Maternal and Child Health Journal 14,5 (September 2010): 680-686.
Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/t1x7867w47417875/
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: JAMA: Journals of the American Medical Association
Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Family Characteristics; Home Environment; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Weight

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

In this study, we investigate how three alternative measures of maternal body mass index (BMI) relate to youth overweight. We contrast the typical cross-sectional measure of maternal BMI with a longitudinal mean and a standard deviation in maternal BMI. Using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data, we estimate logistic regressions that relate maternal BMI to the risk of a youth being overweight while controlling for other familial characteristics. Participants in this study are 918 males and 841 females who were age 16-21 and either healthy weight or overweight in 2006. To be eligible for inclusion, teens were 15 years old by December 2006. After comparing several measures of maternal weight, we find that higher mean maternal BMI measured over the life of the adolescent has the strongest relationship with the odds of youth overweight for both male and female adolescents. For boys, a one unit increase in mother's mean BMI increases the odds of being overweight by 16% (OR = 1.16, 95% CI 1.11-1.20) while for girls the increase in the odds of being overweight is 13% (OR = 1.13, 95% CI 1.09-1.18). Our findings suggest that researchers should move beyond static measures of maternal weight when examining the correlates of youth BMI. Maternal weight histories offer additional insights about the youth's home environment that are associated with the risk of a youth being overweight.
Bibliography Citation
Kowaleski-Jones, Lori, Barbara B. Brown, Jessie X. Fan, Ken R. Smith and Cathleen D. Zick. "Are You What Your Mother Weighs? Evaluating the Impact of Maternal Weight Trajectories on Youth Overweight." Maternal and Child Health Journal 14,5 (September 2010): 680-686.
2. Kowaleski-Jones, Lori
Brown, Barbara B.
Fan, Jessie X.
Smith, Ken R.
Zick, Cathleen D.
Youth Energy Balance: Evaluating Family and Economic Trajectories
Consumer Interests Annual 52 (2006): 367-368.
Also: http://www.consumerinterests.org/files/public/Jones_YouthEnergyBalanceEvaluatingFamilyandEconomicTrajectories.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI)
Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Child Health; Family Background and Culture; Family Income; Health Factors; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mothers; Mothers, Height; Weight

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

We use the 2004 release of Young Adult data from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) to explore the relationships among maternal BMI, family income, family background variables and youth overweight and healthy behaviors.
Bibliography Citation
Kowaleski-Jones, Lori, Barbara B. Brown, Jessie X. Fan, Ken R. Smith and Cathleen D. Zick. "Youth Energy Balance: Evaluating Family and Economic Trajectories." Consumer Interests Annual 52 (2006): 367-368.
3. Kowaleski-Jones, Lori
Brown, Barbara B.
Fan, Jessie X.
Zick, Cathleen D.
Youth Energy Balance: Evaluating the Impact of Family and Economic Trajectories
Presented: Los Angeles, CA, Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meetings, March-April 2006
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Body Mass Index (BMI); Family Background and Culture; Family Income; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Nutritional Status/Nutrition/Consumption Behaviors; Obesity; Weight

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

In this paper, we explore how family economic and energy balance history may be linked to youth overweight and development. We use the 2004 release of Young Adult data from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) to explore the relationships among maternal BMI, family income, family background variables and youth overweight and healthy behaviors. In our study, we exploit the longitudinal nature of the NLSY to create long-term family economic and family BMI profiles. Finally, we also track the impact of these profiles for key subgroups of youth (e.g., those youth still living at home and those who have left the parental home). Using multivariate techniques, we relate trajectories of familial BMI and economic well-being to healthy youth behaviors such as engaging in exercise and the consumption of fruits and vegetables. Results from this research afford valuable insights into complexity of family contributions to youth energy balance.
Bibliography Citation
Kowaleski-Jones, Lori, Barbara B. Brown, Jessie X. Fan and Cathleen D. Zick. "Youth Energy Balance: Evaluating the Impact of Family and Economic Trajectories." Presented: Los Angeles, CA, Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meetings, March-April 2006.