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Religiosity and Excess Weight Among African-American Adolescents: The Jackson Heart KIDS Study |
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| Authors: | Bruce Marino A. Beech Bettina M. Wilder Tanganyika Burton E. Thomaseo Sheats Jylana L. Norris Keith C. Thorpe Roland J. |
| Affiliation: | 1.Program for Research on Faith and Health, Center for Research on Men’s Health, Vanderbilt University, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN, 37235-1665, USA ;2.Center for Medicine, Health and Society, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA ;3.Department of Population Health Science, John D. Bower School of Population Health, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA ;4.Myrlie Evers Williams Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA ;5.Department of Biological Sciences, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, USA ;6.Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA ;7.Children’s Foundation Research Institute, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA ;8.Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA ;9.David C. Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA ;10.Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA ;11.Program for Research on Men’s Health, Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA ; |
| Abstract: | Recent studies suggest that religion and spirituality can yield health benefits for young African-Americans. We examined the relationship between religious practices, spirituality, and excess weight among African-American adolescents (N = 212) residing in the Deep South. Results from modified Poisson regression analysis indicate that adolescents who prayed daily had a lower prevalence of excess weight (PR 0.77 [95% CI 0.62–0.96]) than those who did not. This relationship was only significant for 12–15 year-old participants in age-stratified analysis. These findings suggest that preventive interventions offered to children and younger adolescents can have implications for weight status across the lifespan. |
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