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Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: Links to Socioeconomic Status and Fruit and Vegetable Intakes

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  • Jihyun You

    (College of Nursing, Korea University, Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul 137-705, Korea)

  • Jina Choo

    (College of Nursing, Korea University, Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul 137-705, Korea)

Abstract

Whether adolescent overweight/obesity is linked to socioeconomic status (SES) and fruit and vegetable (F/V) intakes has not been confirmed. We aimed to determine whether there is an association between SES and adolescent overweight/obesity and to test the mediating effect of F/V intakes. This cross-sectional study included the data of 63,111 adolescents extracted from the 2013 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey. Overweight/obesity was defined as a body mass index ≥ 85th percentile, while F/V intakes were categorized as high (recommended levels: ≥1 fruit serving and ≥3 vegetable servings per day) versus low. Among girls, low SES (beta = 0.50, p < 0.001) and F/V intakes (beta = −0.17, p = 0.038) were both significantly associated with overweight/obesity; the former association was significantly mediated by F/V intakes (Sobel test: z = 2.00, p = 0.046). Among boys, neither SES nor F/V intakes was significantly associated with overweight/obesity. Adolescent overweight/obesity was significantly linked to low SES and F/V intakes among girls only; low SES indirectly increased the risk of overweight/obesity via low F/V intakes. Therefore, promoting F/V intakes for socially disadvantaged girls should be prioritized as a population-based strategy for preventing adolescent overweight/obesity in South Korea.

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  • Jihyun You & Jina Choo, 2016. "Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: Links to Socioeconomic Status and Fruit and Vegetable Intakes," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-11, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:13:y:2016:i:3:p:307-:d:65396
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    Cited by:

    1. Paul Branscum, 2020. "Developing and Validating an Instrument to Evaluate Theory-Based Behavioral Antecedents of Consuming a High-Fiber Diet," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(12), pages 1-13, June.
    2. Javier Alvarez-Galvez, 2018. "Multidimensionality of Health Inequalities: A Cross-Country Identification of Health Clusters through Multivariate Classification Techniques," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-12, September.

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