Female Overweight and Obesity in Adolescence: Developmental Trends and Ethnic Differences in Prevalence, Incidence, and Remission

Autor/inn/en	Huh, David; Stice, Eric; Shaw, Heather; Boutelle, Kerri
Titel	Female Overweight and Obesity in Adolescence: Developmental Trends and Ethnic Differences in Prevalence, Incidence, and Remission
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 41 (2012) 1, S.76-85 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-011-9664-4
Schlagwörter	Obesity; Females; Incidence; Ethnic Groups; Late Adolescents; Longitudinal Studies; Comparative Analysis; African Americans; Latin Americans; Whites; Child Development; Risk; Health Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adipositas; Weibliches Geschlecht; Vorkommen; Ethnie; Halbstarker; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Afroamerikaner; Latin America; People; Lateinamerika; Bevölkerung; Volk; White; Weißer; Kindesentwicklung; Risiko; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung
Abstract	Despite substantial increases in the prevalence of adolescent overweight and obesity documented in recent decades, few studies have prospectively tracked their development during the entire adolescent period. The aims of this study were to characterize developmental trends in prevalence, incidence, and remission of overweight and obesity using annual data collected from ages 12 to 19 for 496 adolescent females. Ethnic differences between African American (n = 37), Latina (n = 96), and European American (n = 348) adolescents were also compared. The prevalence of overweight decreased slightly across adolescence and remission rates exceeded incidence (onset). Obesity was more chronic, with increasing incidence accompanied by decreasing remission rates. Middle through late adolescence was the period of greatest risk for the transition from overweight to obesity. African American and Latina females had higher overweight and obesity prevalence than European American females throughout adolescence. Differences in prevalence were driven by higher onset rates for African American and Latina females, whereas remission rates were comparable across ethnic groups. Results suggest that adolescence is not a high-risk period for onset of obesity for European American adolescent females, but is for African American and Latina adolescent females. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10