Obesogenic clusters: Multidimensional adolescent obesity-related behaviors in the U.S

Citation

Boone, J.; Gordon-Larsen, P.; & Adair, L. (2008). Obesogenic clusters: Multidimensional adolescent obesity-related behaviors in the U.S. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. vol. 36 (3) pp. 217-230 , PMCID: PMC2769258

Abstract

Background

Diet, physical activity, and psychosocial factors are independent and potentially interactive obesity determinants, but few studies have explored complex behavior patterns.
Purpose

The purpose of this study is to examine obesity-related behavior patterning and identify high-risk adolescent groups.
Methods

Cluster analysis identified groups with shared behavior patterns in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (1995 and 1996, ages 11–21; N = 9,251). Descriptive and multivariate regression analyses compared sociodemographics and prevalent and incident obesity across clusters.
Results

Seven and six clusters in males and females, respectively, represented behavior patterns such as School Clubs & Sports, Sedentary Behaviors, Dieters, and Junk Food & Low Activity. Sociodemographics varied across clusters. Compared to School Clubs & Sports clusters, adjusted odds of prevalent and incident obesity were higher for most clusters in females but not males.
Conclusions

Cluster analysis identified several obesogenic behavior patterns, highlighting areas for future research and potential avenues for interventions that target broad lifestyle factors.

URL

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs12160-008-9074-3.pdf

Keyword(s)

Obesity

Reference Type

Journal Article

Journal Title

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Author(s)

Boone, J.
Gordon-Larsen, P.
Adair, L.

Year Published

2008

Volume Number

36

Issue Number

3

Pages

217-230

DOI

10.1007/s12160-008-9074-3

PMCID

PMC2769258

Reference ID

924