Weight Loss Methods Among Teenagers
Substance use and weight loss tactics among
middle school youth.
Weight Loss Study - Aim
Diet pills and vomiting or laxative use as weight loss tactics are associated
with substance use in older adolescent populations. This study examined
the association of weight loss tactics and substance use among middle
school students.
Weight Loss Study - Methods
A Youth Risk Behavior Survey was administered to 6,957 middle school students
in eastern North Carolina. Multiple logistic regression examined substance
use as predictors of Diet pills and vomiting or laxative use.
Weight Loss Study - Results
Diet pills and vomiting or laxative use was reported by 6.0 percent and
7.1 percent of students, respectively, with each reported more frequently
by females and White students. Regression analysis demonstrated alcohol,
cigarette, or marijuana use as predictors for individual race/gender groups
whereas steroid use was a predictor for all race/gender groups. We found
a clustering effect of alcohol and cigarette use with both diet pills
and vomiting or laxative use.
Source: Garry JP, Morrissey SL, Whetstone
LM. Department of Family Medicine, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina
University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA.
Weight Loss Methods
The science of weight loss and obesity management is constantly evolving,
along with research into weight loss drugs, supplements and gastric bypass
surgery. At present, however, a balanced diet combined with regular exercise
remains the favored weight management strategy of most weight loss experts. Return to Weight Loss Data
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