Dieting and smoking initiation in early adolescent girls and boys: A prospective study

S.B. Austin and S.L. Gortmaker

American Journal of Public Health, 2001, vol. 91, issue 3, 446-450

Abstract: Objectives. This analysis tested the relation between dieting frequency and risk of smoking initiation in a longitudinal sample of adolescents. Methods. From 1995 to 1997, 1295 middle school girls and boys participated in a nutrition and physical activity intervention study. The prospective association between dieting frequency at baseline and smoking initiation 2 years later was tested. Results. Compared with girls who reported no dieting at baseline, girls who dieted up to once per week had 2 times the adjusted odds of becoming smokers (odds ratio=2.0; 95% confidence interval=1.1, 3.5), and girls who dieted more often had 4 times the adjusted odds of becoming smokers (odds ratio=3.9; 95% confidence interval=1.5, 10.4). Conclusions. Dieting among girls may exacerbate risk of initiating smoking, with increasing risk with greater dieting frequency.

Date: 2001
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