title: Correlates of overweight status in Chinese youth: an East-West paradox.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the odds of overweight and related correlates in Chinese adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study in 9023 adolescents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Chinese youth were more likely to be overweight if they spent more time being sedentary; slept <7 hours/night;  were male; were younger; participated more in vigorous physical activity; and had higher levels of parental education, a higher frequency of vegetable intake, and a lower frequency of sweet/fast food intake.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overweight-related correlates seem to play different roles in  the Chinese culture than in Western cultures. This may be due to culture-specific perceptions and changes in lifestyle accompanying socioeconomic transitions.
authors: University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Institute for Prevention Research, Alhambra, CA, USA.
authors: Ya-Wen
authors: YW
authors: Hsu
authors: C Anderson
authors: CA
authors: Johnson
authors: Chih-Ping
authors: CP
authors: Chou
authors: Jennifer B
authors: JB
authors: Unger
authors: Ping
authors: P
authors: Sun
authors: Bin
authors: B
authors: Xie
authors: Paula H
authors: PH
authors: Palmer
authors: Peggy E
authors: PE
authors: Gallaher
authors: Donna
authors: D
authors: Spruijt-Metz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000367:Age Factors; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology; D015438:Health Behavior; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D012890:Sleep