Associations between juvenile delinquency and weight-related variables: analyses from a national sample of high school students

Article Abstract:

Analyses from a national sample of high school students are used to examine the direct and conditional associations between juvenile delinquency and weight-related variables. Results indicate that in future risk and protective factors for unhealthy weight control behaviors and perceptions among delinquents must be examined as juvenile delinquents are more likely than nondelinquents to use fasting, vomiting and drugs to lose weight or to maintain weight.

Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Juvenile Delinquency, Analysis, Risk factors

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Ethnic differences in weight control practices among U.S. adolescents from 1995 to 2005

Article Abstract:

Data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System is used to examine whether weight control practices among ethnic minority groups have become more common from 1995 to 2005. It was observed that more females dieted but weight control practices increased in men, and weight control among Black females was least prevalent compared to the Whites and Hispanics.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Methods, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Ethnic groups

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