ArticleJournal of obesity2014
Associations of body mass index with sexual risk-taking and injection drug use among US high school students.
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- Incorporation of Social Determinants of Health in the Peer-Reviewed Literature: A Systematic Review of Articles Authored by the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Pooled it
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- Association of Adolescents' Body Mass Index Classification With Preventive Clinical Care Receipt.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Article
- 'Teenagers are into perfect-looking things': Dating, sexual attitudes and experiences of adolescents with severe obesity.Child: care, health and development · 2022Article
- Sexual Risk Behaviors during Adolescence: Associations with Childhood and Adolescent BMI.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2020Article
- Risky sexual behaviors and their association with overweight and obesity among adolescent students: a cross-sectional study.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2019Article
- Role of Social Support in the Relationship between Acculturative Stress and Discrimination among Latino Immigrants in the USA.International journal of advanced research in science, engineering and technology · 2018Article
- Association of adolescent obesity with risky sexual behaviors: Results from Mississippi YRBS, 2013-2015.International journal of advanced research in science, engineering and technology · 2018Article
- Romantic, sexual, and sexual risk behaviours of adolescent females with severe obesity.Pediatric obesity · 2017Observational
- Risk factors for self-report of not receiving an HIV test among adolescents in NYC with a history of sexual intercourse, 2013 YRBS.Vulnerable children and youth studies · 2017Article
- Objective and Perceived Weight: Associations with Risky Adolescent Sexual Behavior.Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2016Article
- Caring for children with NAFLD and navigating their care into adulthood.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2015Review
- Stigma, Obesity and Adolescent Risk Behaviors: Current Research and Future Directions.Current opinion in psychology · 2015Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine if body mass index (BMI) is associated with behaviors that may increase risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among US high school students. We analyzed nationally representative data from the 2005-2011 national Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS) to examine associations of BMI categories with sexual risk behaviors and injection drug use among sexually active high school students, using sex-stratified logistic regression models. Controlling for race/ethnicity and grade, among female and male students, both underweight (BMI < 5th percentile) and obesity (BMI ≥ 95th percentile) were associated with decreased odds of being currently sexually active (i.e., having had sexual intercourse during the past 3 months). However, among sexually active female students, obese females were more likely than normal weight females to have had 4 or more sex partners (odds ratio, OR = 1.59), not used a condom at last sexual intercourse (OR = 1.30), and injected illegal drugs (OR = 1.98). Among sexually active male students, overweight (85th percentile ≤ BMI < 95th percentile) was associated with not using a condom at last sexual intercourse (OR = 1.19) and obesity was associated with injection drug use (OR = 1.42). Among sexually active students, overweight and obesity may be indicators of increased risk for HIV and other STDs.
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