Young adults' BMI and changes in romantic relationship status during the first semester of college.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Identify how higher Body Mass Index (BMI) and weight discrimination are associated with romantic relationship formation and termination in young adults, and if the association was consistent for males and females.

Methods

First-year students (N = 1096) at entry to university (Time 1) provided BMI and self-reports of weight discrimination and romantic relationship status (in a relationship vs single); 550 were successfully resampled four months later (Time 2). Logistic generalized estimating equations (GEEs) examined if Time 1 relationship status was predicted by BMI and weight discrimination. Logistic GEEs were used to determine if Time 1 BMI and weight discrimination predicted Time 2 relationship status for the strata of students in, and out, of a relationship at Ti

SUBMITTER: van Woerden I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7098573 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature