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Adolescents' health behaviors and obesity: Does race affect this epidemic?

dc.contributor.authorDodor, Bernice
dc.contributor.authorShelley, Mack C.
dc.contributor.authorHausafus, Cheryl O.
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-31T16:07:00Z
dc.date.available2016-05-31T16:07:00Z
dc.date.issued2010-12
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the influence of health behaviors and individual attributes on adolescent overweight and obesity using data from Wave II (Add Health). Structural equation model/path analysis using maximum likelihood estimation was utilized to analyze the relationships of health behaviors and attributes with obesity. Results of the model reveal that the causal paths (adolescents' attributes and health behaviors) for overweight and obesity were different for African American and Caucasian adolescents. Generally, African Americans were more susceptible to overweight and obesity than Caucasians. Although increasing levels of vigorous physical activities lowers the risk for obesity among African American and Caucasian adolescents alike, low family SES and being sedentary were associated with overweight and obesity among Caucasians. No significant associations were found among African Americans. Increased hours of sleep at night relate positively with obesity among African Americans. These findings suggest important elements in the consideration of race in developing effective intervention and prevention approaches for curbing the obesity epidemic among U.S. adolescents.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNutrition Research and Practice; 4:6 p. 528-534en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4162/nrp.2010.4.6.528
dc.identifier.issn1976-1457
dc.identifier.pmidpmc3029795en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/5414
dc.relation.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21286412en_US
dc.subjectAdolescentsen_US
dc.subjectSESen_US
dc.subjectHealth Behaviorsen_US
dc.subjectobesityen_US
dc.subjectracial disparitiesen_US
dc.titleAdolescents' health behaviors and obesity: Does race affect this epidemic?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
ecu.journal.issue6en_US
ecu.journal.nameNutrition Research and Practiceen_US
ecu.journal.pages528-534en_US
ecu.journal.volume4en_US

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