Eating disorder symptoms and obesity at the intersections of gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation in US high school students.
Eating disorder symptoms and obesity at the intersections of gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation in US high school students.
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DOI:
10.2105/ajph.2012.301150
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发表时间:
2013-02
影响因子:
12.7
通讯作者:
Everett B
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作者:
Austin SB;Nelson LA;Birkett MA;Calzo JP;Everett B
To examine purging for weight control, diet pill use, and obesity across sexual orientation identity and ethnicity groups. Anonymous survey data were analyzed from 24,591 high school students of diverse ethnicities in the federal Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System Survey in 2005 and 2007. Self-report data were gathered on sexual orientation identity, height, weight, purging and diet pill use in the past 30 days, gender, and ethnicity. We used multivariable logistic regression to estimate odds of purging, diet pill use, and obesity associated with sexual orientation identity in gender stratified models and examined for the presence of interactions between ethnicity and sexual orientation. Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) identity was associated with substantially elevated odds of purging and diet pill use in both females and males (odds ratios [OR] range: 1.9 to 6.8). Bisexual females and males were also at elevated odds of obesity compared to same-gender heterosexuals (OR: 2.3 and 2.1, respectively). Interventions to reduce eating disorders and obesity are urgently needed that are appropriate for LGB youth of diverse ethnicities.