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Does Adolescent Weight Status Predict Problematic Substance Use Patterns?
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4066210/No data is associated with this publication.
Abstract
Objectives
To identify underlying patterns of cigarette smoking, alcohol use, and marijuana use in young adulthood, and ascertain whether adolescent overweight or obesity status predicts problematic substance use patterns.Methods
The study included 15,119 participants from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) at Wave 1 (11-19 years) and Wave 3 (18-26 years). Latent class analysis was conducted.Results
Participants were classified into a Low Substance Use (35%), Regular Smokers (12%), High-risk Alcohol use (33%), or High Substance Use (20%) class. Overweight/obese adolescents had a greater likelihood of belonging to the Regular Smokers class.Conclusions
Overweight/obese adolescents are at higher risk of engaging in regular cigarette smoking without problematic alcohol or marijuana use.Many UC-authored scholarly publications are freely available on this site because of the UC's open access policies. Let us know how this access is important for you.