Session 2:
Causes and Consequences of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Youth
Chair: Dean Jolliffe, U.S. Department of Agriculture (DOA)
Discussant: Chad Meyerhoefer, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS
Relating Activity Involvements to Child Weight Status: Do Normal and Overweight Children Differ in How They Spend Their Time? Silvia Bartolic, University of Texas at Austin ; Sook-Jung Lee, University of Texas at Austin ; Elizabeth Vandewater, University of Texas at Austin
Overweight Children: Assessing the Contribution of the Neighborhood Environment Irina Grafova, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Using Cumulative Risk Models to Link Social Disadvantage to Obesity Risk in the Transition to Young Adulthood Hedwig Lee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Predicting Young Adult’s Obesity: The Role of Body Image during Adolescence and Race/Ethnicity Linda M. Manning, Arizona State University ; Mary H. Benin, Arizona State University ; Verna Keith, Florida State University
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