Association of smoking with body weight in US high school students, 1999-2005.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the association of current smoking with body mass index (BMI) and perceived body weight among high school students in the United States.


METHODS
We analyzed data from the 1999-2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey.


RESULTS
Perceived body weight and BMI were associated with adolescents' current smoking. Adjusted odds ratios of current smoking for overweight and at-risk-of-overweight BMI groups continued to increase over the entire survey years. The more recent the cohort, the stronger the link of current smoking with BMI and perceived body weight.


CONCLUSIONS
The relationship between body weight and current smoking strengthened over time.
Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA. seo@indiana.edu
Dong-Chul
DC
Seo
Nan
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Jiang
Lloyd J
LJ
Kolbe
D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012649:Self Concept; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology