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Seo, Dong-Chul; Li, Kaigang – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2012
Objective: To examine longitudinal trajectories of perceived weight from adolescence to early adulthood by gender. Methods: We analyzed 9 waves (1997-2005) of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (N = 8302) using Mplus. Results: Perceived overweight increased over time among girls and did not level off until 23 years of age. Blacks…
Descriptors: Intervention, Adolescents, Young Adults, Obesity
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Seo, Dong-Chul; Jiang, Nan – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
This study examined the association between cigarette smoking and dieting behaviors and trends in that association among US adolescents in grades 9-12 between 1999 and 2007. Youth Risk Behavior Survey datasets were analyzed using the multivariable logistic regression method. The sample size of each survey year ranged from 13,554 to 15,273 with…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Intervals, Smoking, Females