The relationship between weight and smoking in a national sample of adolescents: Role of gender. Academic Article

abstract

• This study sought to investigate the role of weight status and body mass index percentile in risky smoking behaviors in male and female adolescents. Analyses of the data obtained in the 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System were conducted. The national sample size included 15,425 adolescents. Questions addressing weight status and smoking behaviors were used in analyses. Significant effects of perceived weight status, weight change status, and body mass index percentile on smoking behaviors were found for both genders. The current findings indicate the importance of accounting for both gender and weight status when developing prevention and cessation programs targeting smoking behaviors.

authors

• Fields, Sherecce

published proceedings

• J Health Psychol

altmetric score

• 0.5

author list (cited authors)

• Lange, K., Thamotharan, S., Racine, M., Hirko, C., & Fields, S.

citation count

• 12

complete list of authors

• Lange, Krista||Thamotharan, Sneha||Racine, Madeline||Hirko, Caroline||Fields, Sherecce

publication date

• December 2015

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Health Psychology  Journal

keywords

• Adolescent
• Adolescent Behavior
• Adolescents
• Body Image
• Body Mass Index
• Body Mass Index Percentile
• Body Weight
• Child
• Dieting
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Smoking
• Weight Perception

PubMed Central ID

• 24423576

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/1359105313517275

start page

• 1558

end page

• 1567

volume

• 20

issue

• 12

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105313517275