Associations of peer generational status on adolescent weight across Hispanic immigrant generations: A social network analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood obesity disproportionately impacts Hispanics in the United States (US), the nation's largest ethnic minority population. However, even among Hispanic children, those born in the US are at increased risk of developing obesity than those not born in the US (i.e. first-generation Hispanics). The objective of this study is to assess whether ethnic and generational differences in the friend networks of Hispanic adolescents moderate the association between immigrant generation and weight.

Methods

We analyzed data from first-generation, second-generation, and third-generation Hispanic 12 to 19 year-old participants in Wave 1 of the Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). Using multivariable linear regression, we examined the association b

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12715723 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature