Eating Disorder Symptoms and Obesity at the Intersections of Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation in US High School Students

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ID11035530
AutoresB Austin (0000-0002-0830-5293, Harvard University), S Bryn Austin (S. Bryn Austin and Jerel P. Calzo are with the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, and the Department of Pediatrics of Harvard Medical School, Boston. S. Bryn Austin is also with the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. Lauren A. Nelson is with Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco. Michelle A. Birkett is with Department of Medical...), Lauren A Nelson (S. Bryn Austin and Jerel P. Calzo are with the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, and the Department of Pediatrics of Harvard Medical School, Boston. S. Bryn Austin is also with the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. Lauren A. Nelson is with Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco. Michelle A. Birkett is with Department of Medical...), M Birkett (0000-0003-0960-6327, Harvard University), Michelle A Birkett (S. Bryn Austin and Jerel P. Calzo are with the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, and the Department of Pediatrics of Harvard Medical School, Boston. S. Bryn Austin is also with the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. Lauren A. Nelson is with Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco. Michelle A. Birkett is with Department of Medical...), Jerel P Calzo (0000-0002-4656-1052, S. Bryn Austin and Jerel P. Calzo are with the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, and the Department of Pediatrics of Harvard Medical School, Boston. S. Bryn Austin is also with the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. Lauren A. Nelson is with Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco. Michelle A. Birkett is with Department of Medical...), Bethany G Everett (0000-0001-5370-1909, Harvard University), Bethany Everett (S. Bryn Austin and Jerel P. Calzo are with the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, and the Department of Pediatrics of Harvard Medical School, Boston. S. Bryn Austin is also with the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. Lauren A. Nelson is with Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco. Michelle A. Birkett is with Department of Medical...)
Año2013
Volumen103
Número2
Páginase16-e22
Fecha de publicación2013-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2012.301150
PMID23237207
PMCIDPMC3558764
OpenAlexW2066963947
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas48
Referencias citadas57

Objectives. We examined purging for weight control, diet pill use, and obesity across sexual orientation identity and ethnicity groups. Methods. 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-reported data were gathered on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation identity, height, weight, and purging and diet pill use in the past 30 days. 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. Results. Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) identity was associated with substantially elevated odds of purging and diet pill use in both girls and boys (odds ratios [OR] range = 1.9–6.8). Bisexual girls and boys were also at elevated odds of obesity compared to same-gender heterosexuals (OR = 2.3 and 2.1, respectively). Conclusions. Interventions to reduce eating disorders and obesity that are appropriate for LGB youths of diverse ethnicities are urgently needed

Disordered eating · Eating disorders · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Family planning · Human sexuality · Injury prevention · Lesbian · Logistic regression · National Survey of Family Growth · Obesity · Odds · Odds ratio · Pill · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Sexual identity · Sexual minority · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Youth Risk Behavior Survey · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Endocrinology · Gender Studies · Internal Medicine · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Psychology · Social Psychology