@article{ref1,
title="Developmental trajectories of childhood obesity and risk behaviors in adolescence",
journal="Journal of Adolescence",
year="2013",
author="Huang, David Y. C. and Lanza, H. Isabella and Wright-Volel, Kynna and Anglin, M. Douglas",
volume="36",
number="1",
pages="139-148",
abstract="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: &quot;Chronically Obese,&quot; &quot;Decreasing,&quot; &quot;Increasing,&quot; and &quot;Non-obese.&quot; 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0140-1971",
doi="10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.10.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.10.005"
}