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Price, Jessica L. Smith Day, Randal D. Yorgason, Jeremy B. |
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A Longitudinal Examination of Family Processes, Demographic Variables, and Adolescent Weight Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 310-330. Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wmfr20/45/2-3 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc. Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Demography; Ethnic Differences; Obesity; Parenting Skills/Styles; Racial Differences; Weight Nationally representative studies estimate that almost one in five adolescents in the United States is overweight. This is a major concern for individuals' physical and psychological health and the overall economy in terms of health care costs and loss of productivity. A 12-to 14-year-old subsample of 4,688 adolescents from the NLSY97 cohort was used to address the association between family processes, demographic variables, and adolescent body mass index (BMI) percentile over 4 years. The final model indicated that frequency of family meals, gender, race, control, and mothers' BMI were important predictors of adolescent BMI percentile over time. Mothers' BMI was the strongest predictor of adolescent BMI percentile. More frequent family meals led to decreases in BMI percentile over time, whereas males, African Americans, and Latinos had higher average BMI percentiles than other groups. Copyright of Marriage & Family Review is the property of Haworth Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.) |
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Price, Jessica L. Smith, Randal D. Day and Jeremy B. Yorgason. "A Longitudinal Examination of Family Processes, Demographic Variables, and Adolescent Weight." Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 310-330.
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