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Title: Longitudinal Trajectories of Perceived Body Weight: Adolescence to Early Adulthood
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Seo, Dong-Chul Li, Kaigang |
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Longitudinal Trajectories of Perceived Body Weight: Adolescence to Early Adulthood American Journal of Health Behavior 36,2 (March 2012): 242-253. Also: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22370261 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: PNG Publications Keyword(s): Attitudes; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Weight Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. 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 had a lower perceived weight for their actual weight and a slower rate of increase in perceived weight than did whites. CONCLUSION: Intervention programs designed to prevent or reduce obesity should evaluate weight perceptions for both adolescents and young adults prior to implementing each intervention. |
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Seo, Dong-Chul and Kaigang Li. "Longitudinal Trajectories of Perceived Body Weight: Adolescence to Early Adulthood." American Journal of Health Behavior 36,2 (March 2012): 242-253.
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