ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2018
Sexual Minority Status and Adolescent Eating Behaviors, Physical Activity, and Weight Status.
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- Dietary behaviors, lifestyle habits, food insecurity risk and depressive symptoms among New York City adolescents: a cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Sexual minority populations and disparities in cardiovascular healthcare.European heart journal · 2025Review
- Social epidemiology of sports and extracurricular activities in early adolescents.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Association of unhealthy lifestyles and suicidal behaviors among Chinese middle school students: a latent class analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- The Social, Behavioral, and Psychological Predictors of Young Women's Food Choices: A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Physical activity, organized sport participation and active transportation to school among Canadian youth by gender identity and sexual attraction.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2024Article
- Gender identity and sexual attraction among Canadian youth: findings from the 2019 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2023Article
- Eating Competence and Dietary Intake of Sexual and Gender Minority College Students.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Sexual Orientation and Sleep Behaviors in a National Sample of Adolescents Followed Into Young Adulthood.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2019Article
- A longitudinal investigation of perceived weight status as a mediator of sexual orientation disparities in maladaptive eating behaviors.Eating behaviors · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionThis study examined sexual orientation differences in eating behaviors, physical activity, and weight status among adolescents in the U.S. Moreover, this study tested whether parental and peer influences contribute to sexual orientation disparities in adolescent eating behaviors, physical activity, BMI, and examined disparities in weight misperception.
methodsCross-sectional data were from 1,926 adolescents who participated in the NEXT Generation Health Study in 2010-2011. Linear and multinomial logistic regressions conducted in 2017-2018 were used to test disparities and interactions with social influences.
resultsRelative to their heterosexual peers, sexual minority males and females consumed fruits and vegetables more frequently; sexual minority males engaged in less frequent physical activity; and sexual minority females were more likely to be overweight, perceive themselves as overweight, and to overestimate their weight. High parental expectation for physical activity was associated with more frequent vigorous physical activity among heterosexual adolescents, but less frequent vigorous physical activity among sexual minority males. Exercising with a same-sex peer buffered against the risk of higher BMI among sexual minority females.
conclusionsParental and peer influences may serve as potential intervention targets to reduce disparities in weight-related behaviors. Longitudinal research is needed to understand the consequences of weight misperception among sexual minority females.
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