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An investigation of psychological, social and environmental correlates of obesity and weight gain in young women Ball, Kylie and Crawford, David 2006, An investigation of psychological, social and environmental correlates of obesity and weight gain in young women, International journal of obesity : journal of the international association for the study of obesity, vol. 30, pp. 1240-1249. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads ball-investigationofpsychological-2006.pdf Author post print application/pdf 192.15KB 298 Title An investigation of psychological, social and environmental correlates of obesity and weight gain in young women Author(s) Ball, Kylie Crawford, David Journal name International journal of obesity : journal of the international association for the study of obesity Volume number 30 Start page 1240 End page 1249 Publisher Nature Pub. Place of publication London, England Publication date 2006 ISSN 0307-0565 1476-5497 Keyword(s) weight gain young women longitudinal public health Summary Objectives: This study explored the biological, psychological, social and environmental correlates of young women's current weight and retrospective 2-year weight change. Methods: A total of 790 young women (mean age 26.8 years), sampled from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, provided self-reported data on their height and weight, sociodemographics and a range of biological, psychological, social and environmental variables. Results: Several variables from all domains (biological, psychological, social support and environmental) were correlated with higher body mass index, and less strongly greater 2-year weight change. Key correlates included the tendency to never put on weight, no matter what; self-efficacy for avoiding weight gain, and for healthy eating; attention paid to weight; family support and friends' support/sabotage of physical activity/healthy eating; and perceived difficulty of taking the stairs rather than the elevator as part of the daily routine. Conclusions: Intervention strategies aimed at reducing weight gain and obesity may need to focus on social and environmental, as well as psychological factors; however, further research is necessary to confirm these findings given that a number of hypothesized associations were not observed. Notes published online 21 February 2006 Language eng Field of Research 111706 Epidemiology HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©Reproduced with the specific permission of the copyright owner. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003677 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 03 Feb 2009, 15:04:55 EST Wed, 03 Jun 2009, 14:09:07 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 23:42:56 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 20 times in TR Web of Science Cited 23 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 533 Abstract Views, 298 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:59:58 EST

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