Assessing how alcohol use patterns relate to obesity among American adolescents from rural and urban areas: Five years of pooled data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity is associated with locality and alcohol use; however, less is known about how the interaction of these two factors may compound the risk of obesity among adolescents.

Objectives

This study examines the relationship between alcohol use and obesity among adolescents from rural and urban areas in the United States.

Methods

Data came from a sample of American adolescents aged 12-17 years from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2015-2019; n = 39,489). Obesity was regressed on age, sex, race/ethnicity, income, cigarette smoking, locality, and alcohol use, with an interaction term to examine locality x alcohol use. Predicted probabilities were plotted to assess the interaction.

Results

Compared to adolescents from urban areas, those from ru

SUBMITTER: Vazquez CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11210796 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature