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1.	Kowaleski-Jones, Lori Brown, Barbara B. Fan, Jessie X. Smith, Ken R. Zick, Cathleen D.
1.	Are You What Your Mother Weighs? Evaluating the Impact of Maternal Weight Trajectories on Youth Overweight Maternal and Child Health Journal 14,5 (September 2010): 680-686. Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/t1x7867w47417875/ Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: JAMA: Journals of the American Medical Association Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Family Characteristics; Home Environment; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Weight Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In this study, we investigate how three alternative measures of maternal body mass index (BMI) relate to youth overweight. We contrast the typical cross-sectional measure of maternal BMI with a longitudinal mean and a standard deviation in maternal BMI. Using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data, we estimate logistic regressions that relate maternal BMI to the risk of a youth being overweight while controlling for other familial characteristics. Participants in this study are 918 males and 841 females who were age 16-21 and either healthy weight or overweight in 2006. To be eligible for inclusion, teens were 15 years old by December 2006. After comparing several measures of maternal weight, we find that higher mean maternal BMI measured over the life of the adolescent has the strongest relationship with the odds of youth overweight for both male and female adolescents. For boys, a one unit increase in mother's mean BMI increases the odds of being overweight by 16% (OR = 1.16, 95% CI 1.11-1.20) while for girls the increase in the odds of being overweight is 13% (OR = 1.13, 95% CI 1.09-1.18). Our findings suggest that researchers should move beyond static measures of maternal weight when examining the correlates of youth BMI. Maternal weight histories offer additional insights about the youth's home environment that are associated with the risk of a youth being overweight.
	Bibliography Citation Kowaleski-Jones, Lori, Barbara B. Brown, Jessie X. Fan, Ken R. Smith and Cathleen D. Zick. "Are You What Your Mother Weighs? Evaluating the Impact of Maternal Weight Trajectories on Youth Overweight." Maternal and Child Health Journal 14,5 (September 2010): 680-686.

2.	Kowaleski-Jones, Lori Brown, Barbara B. Fan, Jessie X. Smith, Ken R. Zick, Cathleen D.
2.	Youth Energy Balance: Evaluating Family and Economic Trajectories Consumer Interests Annual 52 (2006): 367-368. Also: http://www.consumerinterests.org/files/public/Jones_YouthEnergyBalanceEvaluatingFamilyandEconomicTrajectories.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI) Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Child Health; Family Background and Culture; Family Income; Health Factors; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mothers; Mothers, Height; Weight Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. We use the 2004 release of Young Adult data from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) to explore the relationships among maternal BMI, family income, family background variables and youth overweight and healthy behaviors.
	Bibliography Citation Kowaleski-Jones, Lori, Barbara B. Brown, Jessie X. Fan, Ken R. Smith and Cathleen D. Zick. "Youth Energy Balance: Evaluating Family and Economic Trajectories." Consumer Interests Annual 52 (2006): 367-368.

3.	Shaff, Kimberly Anne Wolfinger, Nicholas H. Kowaleski-Jones, Lori Smith, Ken R.
3.	Family Structure Transitions and Child Achievement Sociological Spectrum 28,6 (November 2008): 681-704. Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02732170802342966 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Keyword(s): Divorce; Family Formation; Home Environment; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Marital Status; Marriage; Mothers, Education; Mothers, Income; Parental Marital Status; Parents, Single; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading) This article uses prospective data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 to investigate how children in divorced and never-married-mother families vary in reading and math achievement after parental remarriage. These are compared to children who remain in never-married, divorced, and continuously married families. Results based on growth curve modeling indicate that children remaining in single-parent families resulting from divorce or nonmarital births have lower achievement scores than children from married families. Maternal education and income account for all of the adverse effects of family structure on reading achievement, while maternal education, income, and children's home environment can explain the negative relationship between single parenting and math scores. We conclude that parental remarriage may have more benefits for children than previous studies have suggested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Sociological Spectrum is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts)
	Bibliography Citation Shaff, Kimberly Anne, Nicholas H. Wolfinger, Lori Kowaleski-Jones and Ken R. Smith. "Family Structure Transitions and Child Achievement." Sociological Spectrum 28,6 (November 2008): 681-704.

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