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Author: Wright-Volel, Kynna
Resulting in 2 citations.
1. Huang, David Y.C.
Lanza, H. Isabella
Wright-Volel, Kynna
Anglin, M. Douglas
Development of Obesity and Risk Behaviors in Adolescence
Presented: Palm Springs CA, Annual Meeting of The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), June 2012
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: College on Problems of Drug Dependence
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Body Mass Index (BMI); CESD (Depression Scale); Child Health; Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Dating; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Depression (see also CESD); Drug Use; Obesity; Pearlin Mastery Scale; Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; Risk-Taking; Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) (see Self-Esteem); Sexual Behavior; Substance Use

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

Aims: This study examines pathways of obesity among U.S. children from age 6 to 18 and associations of such pathways with substance use, delinquency and psychosocial health in adolescence.

Methods: Using group-based trajectory modeling on obesity status (BMI percentile≥ 95%) from age 6 to 18, the study examines trajectories of obesity among 5,156 adolescents from the child sample of the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79).

Bibliography Citation
Huang, David Y.C., H. Isabella Lanza, Kynna Wright-Volel and M. Douglas Anglin. "Development of Obesity and Risk Behaviors in Adolescence." Presented: Palm Springs CA, Annual Meeting of The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), June 2012.
2. Huang, David Y.C.
Lanza, H. Isabella
Wright-Volel, Kynna
Anglin, M. Douglas
Developmental Trajectories of Childhood Obesity and Risk Behaviors in Adolescence
Journal of Adolescence 36,1 (February 2013): 139-148.
Also: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23199644
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Body Mass Index (BMI); CESD (Depression Scale); Child Health; Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Dating; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Depression (see also CESD); Drug Use; Obesity; Pearlin Mastery Scale; Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; Risk-Taking; Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) (see Self-Esteem); Sexual Behavior; Smoking (see Cigarette Use); Substance Use

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.
Bibliography Citation
Huang, David Y.C., H. Isabella Lanza, Kynna Wright-Volel and M. Douglas Anglin. "Developmental Trajectories of Childhood Obesity and Risk Behaviors in Adolescence." Journal of Adolescence 36,1 (February 2013): 139-148.