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Weight management goals and use of exercise for weight control among U.S. high school students, 1991-2001Richard Lowry
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Bufford Hwy, N E, Mailstop K 33, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Adolesc Health 36:320-6. 2005..The purpose of this study was to examine trends in weight management goals and the use of exercise for weight control among U.S. high school students...- Television viewing and its associations with overweight, sedentary lifestyle, and insufficient consumption of fruits and vegetables among US high school students: differences by race, ethnicity, and genderRichard Lowry
Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Sch Health 72:413-21. 2002..These findings suggest the presence of cultural factors to consider when developing interventions to promote physical activity, healthy eating, and healthy weight through reduced TV viewing among adolescents... 
Weight management and fruit and vegetable intake among US high school studentsRichard Lowry
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, NE, Mailstop K 33, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Sch Health 78:417-24; quiz 455-7. 2008..The purpose of this study was to examine associations between fruit and vegetable intake and common weight management behaviors among US high school students who were trying to lose or stay the same weight...
Prevalence of health-risk behaviors among Asian American and Pacific Islander high school students in the U.S., 2001-2007Richard Lowry
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, MS K 33, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Public Health Rep 126:39-49. 2011..We provided national prevalence estimates for selected health-risk behaviors for Asian American and Pacific Islander high school students separately, and compared those prevalence estimates with those of white, black, and Hispanic students...- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance--United States, 2003 (Abridged)Jo Anne Grunbaum
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Sch Health 74:307-24. 2004 - Youth risk behavior surveillance--United States, 2005Danice K Eaton
Northrop Gruman, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Sch Health 76:353-72. 2006..9% had not eaten > or =5 times/day of fruits and vegetables during the 7 days preceding the survey, 67.0% did not attend physical education classes daily, and 13.1% were overweight... - Youth risk behavior surveillance - United States, 2009Danice K Eaton
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 59:1-142. 2010.... - Youth risk behavior surveillance - United States, 2011Danice K Eaton
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC, MS K 33, 4770 Buford Hwy, NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 61:1-162. 2012.... - Youth risk behavior surveillance--United States, 2001Jo Anne Grunbaum
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770, Buford Highway, NE, MS-K33, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Sch Health 72:313-28. 2002..The YRBSS data also are being used to measure progress toward achieving 16 national health objectives for 2010 and 3 of the 10 leading health indicators... - Weight management goals and practices among U.S. high school students: associations with physical activity, diet, and smokingRichard Lowry
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Adolesc Health 31:133-44. 2002..To examine associations of physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and cigarette smoking with weight management goals and practices of U.S. high school students... - Relationships between hours of sleep and health-risk behaviors in US adolescent studentsLela R McKnight-Eily
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Prev Med 53:271-3. 2011..To examine associations between insufficient sleep (<8h on average school nights) and health-risk behaviors... - Trends in human immunodeficiency virus- and sexually transmitted disease-related risk behaviors among U.S. high school students, 1991-2009Danice K Eaton
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Prev Med 40:427-33. 2011..Monitoring changes in behaviors over time can provide information about the effectiveness of new policies and programs... - Youth risk behavior surveillance--United States, 2007Danice K Eaton
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 57:1-131. 2008.... - Physical activity-related injury and body mass index among US high school studentsRichard Lowry
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Phys Act Health 4:325-42. 2007..Few studies have focused on the relationship between physical activity-related (PA) injury and overweight among youth... - Associations of body mass index and perceived weight with suicide ideation and suicide attempts among US high school studentsDanice K Eaton
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:513-9. 2005..Previous research with adolescents has shown associations of body weight and perceptions of body size with suicide ideation and suicide attempts, but it is unclear whether these associations are direct or whether a mediating effect exists... - Youth risk behavior surveillance--United States, 2005Danice K Eaton
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, MS K 33, 4770 Buford Hwy, NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 55:1-108. 2006..Priority health-risk behaviors, which contribute to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among youth and adults, often are established during childhood and adolescence, extend into adulthood, are interrelated, and are preventable... - Psychobiology and behavioral strategies. Physical activity, sport participation, and suicidal behavior: U.S. high school studentsDavid R Brown
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, Obesity, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:2248-57. 2007..To evaluate the associations of physical activity and sports team participation with suicidal behavior among U.S. high school students... - The association between weight perception and BMI among high school studentsNancy D Brener
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Obes Res 12:1866-74. 2004..To assess the association between weight perception and BMI among a large, diverse sample of adolescents. This study used both measured and self-reported height and weight to calculate BMI... - Passive versus active parental permission in school-based survey research: does the type of permission affect prevalence estimates of risk behaviors?Danice K Eaton
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Eval Rev 28:564-77. 2004..As long as high response rates are obtained, type of parental permission does not affect prevalence estimates for risk behaviors that are based on self-report... - Counterpoint: uncertainty in the economic analysis of school-based obesity prevention programs: urgent need for quality evaluationLi Yan Wang
Division of Adolescent and School Health and National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disability, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:1483-4. 2006 - Healthy people 2010 objectives for physical activity, physical education, and television viewing among adolescents: national trends from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, 1999-2007Richard Lowry
Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Phys Act Health 6:S36-45. 2009..To help inform policies and programs, a need exists to understand the extent to which Healthy People 2010 objectives for physical activity, physical education (PE), and television (TV) viewing among adolescents are being achieved... - Physical activity and body mass index among US adolescents: youth risk behavior survey, 1999Sarah Levin
Divisions of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:816-20. 2003..Interventions to increase physical activity for high school students should target adolescents of all shapes and sizes, and may best be achieved by school policies requiring physical education or after-school sports... - Reliability and validity of self-reported height and weight among high school studentsNancy D Brener
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Adolesc Health 32:281-7. 2003..To assess the reliability and validity of self-reported height and weight, and variables calculated from these values, in a diverse sample of adolescents... - Prevalence of insufficient, borderline, and optimal hours of sleep among high school students - United States, 2007Danice K Eaton
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Adolesc Health 46:399-401. 2010..Most students (68.9%) reported insufficient sleep, whereas few (7.6%) reported optimal sleep. The prevalence of insufficient sleep was highest among female and black students, and students in grades 11 and 12... - The association between body mass index in adolescence and obesity in adulthoodLi Yan Wang
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Adolesc Health 42:512-8. 2008..This study used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1979 to examine the association between body mass index (BMI) in adolescence and obesity in adulthood... - Methamphetamine use is independently associated with recent risky sexual behaviors and adolescent pregnancyLauren B Zapata
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Reproductive Health, Women s Health and Fertility Branch, 4770 Buford Hwy, NE Mailstop K34, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Sch Health 78:641-8. 2008..The purpose of this analysis was to evaluate the association between lifetime methamphetamine use and recent (past 3 months) risky sexual behaviors and lifetime adolescent pregnancy, adjusting for other substance use... - Risks to health among American Indian/Alaska Native high school students in the United StatesSherry Everett Jones
Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30041, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 8:A76. 2011..We examined the prevalence of some of the leading risks to health among nationally representative samples of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) high school students and compared rates across racial/ethnic groups... - Youth risk behavior surveillance--United States, 2001Jo Anne Grunbaum
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Rockville, Maryland, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 51:1-62. 2002..The YRBSS data also are being used to measure progress toward achieving 16 national health objectives for 2010 and 3 of the 10 leading health indicators... - Youth risk behavior surveillance--United States, 2003Jo Anne Grunbaum
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 53:1-96. 2004..In addition, education and health officials at national, state, and local levels are using these YRBSS data to improve policies and programs to reduce priority health-risk behaviors among youth... - Trends in perceived overweight status among overweight and nonoverweight adolescentsKathryn Foti
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:636-42. 2010..To examine trends in perceived overweight among US adolescents, including trends in perceived overweight among overweight and nonoverweight adolescents overall and by sex and race/ethnicity... - Healthy People 2010 objectives for unintentional injury and violence among adolescents. Trends from the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1999-2009Emily O Malley Olsen
Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am J Prev Med 41:551-8. 2011..Thirty-nine of these objectives were dedicated to injury prevention and six of these objectives related to adolescents, who were tracked through CDC's National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)... - Trends in human immunodeficiency virus-related risk behaviors among high school students--United States, 1991-2005Nancy Brener
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Sch Health 76:521-4. 2006..Data from 8 national Youth Risk Behavior Surveys conducted during that period were analyzed. During 1991-2005, the percentage of US high school students engaging in HIV-related sexual risk behaviors significantly decreased... - Sufficient sleep, physical activity, and sedentary behaviorsKathryn E Foti
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am J Prev Med 41:596-602. 2011..Understanding associations of physical activity and sedentary behaviors with sleep duration could shed light on ways to promote sufficient sleep... - Missed opportunities for sexually transmitted diseases, human immunodeficiency virus, and pregnancy prevention services during adolescent health supervision visitsGale R Burstein
Division of HIV and AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Pediatrics 111:996-1001. 2003.... - Association of Sleep Duration with Obesity among US High School StudentsRichard Lowry
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Mailstop K 33, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Obes 2012:476914. 2012..Better understanding of factors underlying the association between sleep duration and obesity is needed before recommending alteration of sleep time as a means of addressing the obesity epidemic among adolescents... - Long-term health and economic impact of preventing and reducing overweight and obesity in adolescenceLi Y Wang
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Adolesc Health 46:467-73. 2010.... - Economic analysis of a school-based obesity prevention programLi Yan Wang
Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, MS K 33, Chamblee, GA 30341, USA
Obes Res 11:1313-24. 2003..To assess the cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit of Planet Health, a school-based intervention designed to reduce obesity in youth of middle-school age children... - National prevalence and correlates of walking and bicycling to schoolSarah L Martin
Program Evaluation Across the Nation Using Technology, Farmington, Maine, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:98-105. 2007..Active travel to school provides youth with an opportunity to accumulate minutes of physical activity toward meeting recommended levels...