Longitudinal Trajectories of Perceived Body Weight: Adolescence to Early Adulthood

Autor/inn/en	Seo, Dong-Chul; Li, Kaigang
Titel	Longitudinal Trajectories of Perceived Body Weight: Adolescence to Early Adulthood
Quelle	In: American Journal of Health Behavior, 36 (2012) 2, S.242-253 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-3244
DOI	10.5993/AJHB.36.2.9
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Adolescents; Young Adults; Obesity; Body Weight; Longitudinal Studies; Sex; Comparative Analysis; Data Analysis; Age Differences; African American Attitudes; Racial Attitudes; Whites; Program Implementation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Adipositas; Körpergewicht; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Geschlecht; Geschlechtsverkehr; Auswertung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rassenfrage; White; Weißer
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10