Obesity-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in obese and non-obese urban Philadelphia female adolescents

Obesity Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 112-118

  Gordon Larsen, Penny ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent obesity; African American; Inactivity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENARCHE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PHILADELPHIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035257446     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2001.14     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Dietz WH. Critical periods in childhood for the development of obesity. Am J Clin Nutr. 1994;59:955-9.
2. Lawrence M, Arbeit M, Johnson CC, et al. Prevention of adult heart disease beginning in childhood: intervention programs. Cardiovasc Clin. 1991;21:249-62.
3. Morrison JA, Barton B, Biro FM, et al. Sexual maturation and obesity in 9- and 10-year-old black and white girls: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study. J Pediatr. 1994;124:889-95.
4. Serdula MK, Ivery D, Freedman RJC, et al. Do obese children become obese adults? A review of the literature. Prev Med. 1993;22:167-77.
5. 2 from 2 to 18 years: findings from long-term serial data for children in the Fels Longitudinal Growth Study. Int J Obes. 1991;15:479-85.
6. Gartside PS, Khoury P, Glueck CJ. Determinants of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in blacks and whites: the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Am Heart J. 1984;108:641-53.
7. Gortmaker SL, Dietz WH, Sobol AM, et al. Increasing pediatric obesity in the United States. Pediatrics. 1987;141: 535-40.
8. Must A, Gortmaker SL, Dietz WH. Risk factors for obesity in young adults: Hispanics, African Americans, and Whites in the transition years, age 16-28 years. Biomed Pharmacother. 1994;48:143-56.
9. Shah M, Hannan PJ, Jefferey RW. Secular trend in body mass index in the adult population of three communities from the upper Midwestern part of the USA: the Minnesota Heart Health Program. Int J Obes. 1991;15:499-503.
10. Kuczmarski RJ, Flegal KM, Campbell SM, et al. Increasing prevalence of overweight among US adults: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1960 to 1991. JAMA 1994;272:205-11.
11. Troiano RP, Flegal KM, Kuczmarski RJ, et al. Obesity prevalence and trends for children and adolescents: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1963 to 1991. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1995;149:1085-91.
12. Troiano RP, Flegal KM. Overweight children and adolescents: description, epidemiology, and demographics. Pediatrics. 1998;101:497-504.
13. 2) and triceps skinfold thicknesses. Am J Clin Nutr. 1991;53:839-46.
14. Gordon-Larsen P, Zemel BS, Johnston FE. Secular changes in stature, weight, fatness, overweight, and obesity in urban African-American adolescents from the mid-1950's to the mid-1990's. Am J Hum Biol. 1997;9:675-88.
15. Kumanyika S. Obesity in black women. Epidemiol Rev. 1987;9:31-50.
16. Garn SM, LaVelle M, Rosenberg KR, et al. Maturational timing as a factor in female fatness and obesity. Am J Clin Nutr. 1986;43:879-83.
17. School District of Philadelphia, http://partners.upenn.edu/ wp/turner/profile, 1995.
18. Cameron N. The Measurement of Human Growth. Kent, United Kingdom: Croom Helm; 1978.
19. Piers EV, Harris DB. The Way I Feel About Myself: The Piers-Harris Self Concept Scale. Los Angeles: Western Psychological Services; 1969.
20. Piers EV. Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale Revised Manual. Los Angeles: Western Psychological Services; 1984.
21. Franklin MR, Duley SM, Rousseau EW, et al. Construct validation of the Piers-Harris Children's Self Concept Scale. Educ Psychol Meas. 1981;41:439-43.
22. Kaplan KM, Wadden TA. Childhood obesity and self-esteem. J Pediatr. 1986:67-70.
23. Benson J, Rentsch J. Testing the dimensionality of the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale. Educ Psychol Meas. 1988;48:615-26.
24. Maloney MJ, McGuire J, Daniels SR. Reliability testing of a children's version of the Eating Attitudes Test. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatr. 1988;5:541-3.
25. Garner DM, Olmstead MP, Garfinkle PE. Similarities among bulimic groups selected by different weights and weight histories. J Psych Res. 1985;3:129-34.
26. Veron-Guidry S, Williamson DA. Development of a body image assessment procedure for children and preadolescents. Int J Eat Disord. 1996;20:287-93.
27. Vega WA, Sallis JF, Patterson T, et al. Assessing knowledge of cardiovascular health-related diet and exercise behaviors in Anglo- and Mexican-Americans. Prev Med. 1987;16: 696-709.
28. Posner BM, Morgan JL. Nutrition Consulting Enterprises Food Portion Visual. Framingham, MA: Posner/Morgan; 1981.
29. Beaton GH, Milber J, McGuire V, et al. Sources of variation in 24-hour dietary recall data: implications for nutrition study design and interpretation. Am J Clin Nutr. 1979;32:2546-59.
30. Blair SN, Haskell WL, Ho P, et al. Assessment of habitual physical activity by a 7-day recall in a community survey and controlled experiments. Am J Epidemiol. 1985;122:794-804.
31. Sallis JF, Haskell WL, Wood PD, et al. Physical activity assessment methodology in the Five-City Project. Am J Epidemiol. 1985;121:91-106.
32. Sallis JF, Buono MJ, Roby JJ, et al. Seven-day recall and other physical activity self-reports in children and adolescents. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1993;25:99-108.
33. Obarzanek E, Schreiber GB, Crawford PB, et al. Energy intake and physical activity in relation to indexes of body fat: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health study. Am J Clin Nutr. 1994;60:15-22.
34. StataCorp. Stata Statistical Software: Release 6.0. College Station, TX: Stata Corporation; 1999.
35. Rosen JC, Silberg NT, Gross J. Eating Attitudes Test and Eating Disorders Inventory: norms for adolescent girls and boys. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1988;56:305-8.
36. Hediger ML, Stine RA. Age at menarche based on recall information. Ann Hum Biol. 1987;14:133-42.
37. National Research Council. Subcommittee on the Tenth Edition of the RDAs. Recommended Dietary Allowances. 10th revised ed. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 1989.
38. Life Sciences Research Office, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Prepared for the Intragency Board for Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research. Third Report on Nutrition Monitoring the United States. Vols 1 and 2. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office; 1995.
39. Sallis JF, Patrick K. Physical activity guidelines for adolescents: consensus statement. Pediatr Exerc Sci. 1994;6:302-14.
40. Gordon-Larsen P, McMurray RG, Popkin BM. Adolescent physical activity and inactivity vary by ethnicity: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. J Pediatr. 1999; 135:301-6.
41. Andersen RE, Crespo CJ, Bartlett SH, et al. Relationship of physical activity and television watching with body weight and level of fatness among children: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. JAMA. 1998;279:938-42.
42. Raitakari OT, Porkka KVK, Taimela S, et al. Effects of persistent physical activity and inactivity on coronary risk factors in children and young adults: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Am J Epidemiol. 1994;140: 195-205.
43. US Department of Health and Human Services. Chronic Diseases and their Risk Factors: The Nation's Leading Causes of Death. Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 1999.
44. Gordon-Larsen P, McMurray RG, Popkin BM. Determinants of adolescent physical activity and inactivity patterns. Pediatrics. 2000;105:E83.
45. Klesges RC, Klesges LM, Meyers AW. Relationship of smoking status, energy balance, and body weight: analysis of the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1991;59:899-905.
46. Gazzaniga JM, Burns TL. Relationship between diet composition and body fatness, with adjustment for resting energy expenditure and physical activity, in preadolescent children. Am J Clin Nutr. 1993;58:21-8.
47. Garrow JS. Energy Balance and Obesity in Man. New York: Elsevier; 1974.
48. Wadden TA, Foster GD, Brownell KD, et al. Self-concept in obese and normal-weight children. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1984;52:1104-5.
49. Fisher M, Juszczak L, Friedman SB. Sports participation in an urban high-school: academic and psychologic correlates. J Adolesc Health. 1996;18:329-34.
50. Faith MS, Manibay E, Kravitz M, et al. Relative body weight and self-esteem among African Americans in four nationally representative samples. Obes Res. 1998;6:430-7.
51. Desmond SM, Price JH, Hallinan C, et al. Black and white adolescents' perceptions of their weight. J Sch Health. 1989; 59:353-8.
52. Allison DB, Hoy MK, Fournier A, et al. Can ethnic differences in men's preferences for women's body shapes contribute to ethnic differences in female adiposity? Obes Res. 1993; 1:425-32.