Table 2.
Associations between baseline gender normativity score and weight control attempts and behaviors at 1-year follow-up in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health
| Female |
Male |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beta coefficienta | SE | p | Beta coefficienta | SE | p | |
| Weight control attempts | ||||||
| Not trying to change weight | ||||||
| Gender normativity score (school level), baseline | .01 | .05 | .84 | −.03 | .04 | .49 |
| Gender normativity score (individual), baseline | −.10 | .03 | .00 | −.02 | .04 | .55 |
| Weight loss attempt | ||||||
| Gender normativity score (school level), baseline | .00 | .06 | .99 | .09 | .07 | .18 |
| Gender normativity score (individual), baseline | .10 | .03 | .01 | −.17 | .05 | .00 |
| Weight gain attempt | ||||||
| Gender normativity score (school level), baseline | .01 | .07 | .91 | −.02 | .05 | .71 |
| Gender normativity score (individual), baseline | .00 | .06 | .95 | .18 | .05 | .00 |
| Weight control behaviors | ||||||
| Weight loss behaviorb | ||||||
| Gender normativity score (school level), baseline | .01 | .05 | .92 | .01 | .08 | .92 |
| Gender normativity score (individual), baseline | .18 | .04 | .00 | −.20 | .07 | .00 |
| Weight gain or muscle-building behaviorc | ||||||
| Gender normativity score (school level), baseline | .06 | .11 | .56 | .04 | .05 | .44 |
| Gender normativity score (individual), baseline | .03 | .08 | .76 | .16 | .05 | .00 |
Bold indicates p < .05.
SE = standard error.
a
Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, body mass index percentile, and baseline weight control attempts or behaviors.
b
Weight loss behaviors include dieting, vomiting, fasting/skipping meals, or laxative/diuretic use to lose weight.
c
Weight gain behaviors include eating more, eating different foods than normal, and taking food supplements to gain weight.