Novel ranking of protective and risk factors for adolescent adiposity in US females.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Rank the importance of potentially modifiable psychosocial, dietary and environmental risk and protective factors for female adolescent obesity in order to target and inform public health prevention efforts. Utilizing the largest dataset available that captures the onset of the adolescent obesity surge in the USA, the study provides a more robust understanding of paediatric obesity risk factors.

Methods

Data were obtained from an observational, longitudinal study conducted between 1989 and 2001, the NHLBI Growth and Health Study. This study includes girls aged 9-19 years from three urban US locations, with Black and White girls generally represented equally. Data were analysed using multiple regression, random forest and propensity score matching to determine the s

SUBMITTER: Narla A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6469335 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature