Examination of the Interaction between Parental Military-Status and Race among Non-Hispanic Black and Non-Hispanic White Adolescents with Overweight/Obesity.
M K Higgins NeylandLisa M ShankJason M LavenderNatasha L BurkeAlexander RiceJulia Gallagher-TeskeBethelhem MarkosLoie M FaulknerKweku G DjanEsther A KwartengSarah LeMay-RussellMegan N ParkerNatasha A SchveyTracy SbroccoDenise E WilfleyBrian FordCaitlin FordMark HaigneyDavid A KleinCara H OlsenJeffrey QuinlanSarah JorgensenSheila BradyLauren B ShomakerJack A YanovskiMarian Tanofsky-KraffPublished in: Journal of pediatric psychology (2022)
Black adolescent military-dependents with overweight/obesity may experience more eating and internalizing difficulties (vs. civilians), a pattern not observed among White participants. Future work should examine if being a military-dependent and a historically marginalized racial group member accounts for these findings. Such data may inform providers of youth with intersecting minority identities.