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Title: Development of Obesity and Risk Behaviors in Adolescence
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Huang, David Y.C. Lanza, H. Isabella Wright-Volel, Kynna Anglin, M. Douglas |
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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). |
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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. |