Disentangling the Longitudinal Relations of Race, Sex, and Socioeconomic Status, for Childhood Body Mass Index Trajectories
Author(s) -
Gabrielle G. Banks,
Kristoffer S. Berlin,
Tiffany M. Rybak,
Rebecca C. Kamody,
Robert Cohen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pediatric psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.054
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1465-735X
pISSN - 0146-8693
DOI - 10.1093/jpepsy/jsv062
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , body mass index , race (biology) , demography , obesity , longitudinal study , latent growth modeling , psychology , national longitudinal surveys , developmental psychology , medicine , population , sociology , gender studies , statistics , mathematics , pathology
Race, sex, and socioeconomic status (SES) are associated with childhood obesity. The present research longitudinally examines these factors with 12,674 White and Black children from kindergarten through 8th grade.
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