Relationship between smoking status and body weight in a military population of young adults

Deborah Sherrill-Mittleman; Robert C Klesges; Virginia Massey; Mark W Vander Weg; Margaret DeBon

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.11.015

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Relationship between smoking status and body weight in a military population of young adults

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Relationship between smoking status and body weight in a military population of young adults

Deborah Sherrill-Mittleman, Robert C Klesges, Virginia Massey, Mark W Vander Weg and Margaret DeBon

Addictive behaviors, Vol.34(4), pp.400-402

2009

DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.11.015

PMCID: PMC2754780

PMID: 19095360

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Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to determine the association between smoking and body weight in a cohort of young U.S. Air Force recruits (mean age = 20 years) enrolled in basic military training ( N = 35 986). Twenty-two percent of recruits smoked daily prior to basic military training ( n = 8087) and were compared to never smokers, former smokers, and experimental or nondaily smokers. A three-way interaction among smoking status, gender and ethnicity suggested a small effect for daily smoking among White male recruits only and no significant differences for female recruits or members of any other ethnic group. Although there was a statistically significant relationship between smoking and body weight in White males, the effect size was ~ 1 kg. These results suggest that the energy balance differences in body weight between young smokers and nonsmokers are minimal and that it would take decades to accrue the differences typically seen in adult smokers.

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Title: Subtitle: Relationship between smoking status and body weight in a military population of young adults
Creators: Deborah Sherrill-Mittleman - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
Robert C Klesges - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
Virginia Massey - University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Preventive Medicine, 66 N. Pauline, Suite 633, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
Mark W Vander Weg - Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice (CRIISP), VA Medical Center, 601 Highway 6 West, #116a, Iowa City, IA, 52246, USA
Margaret DeBon - University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Preventive Medicine, 66 N. Pauline, Suite 633, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Addictive behaviors, Vol.34(4), pp.400-402
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.11.015
PMID: 19095360
PMCID: PMC2754780
NLM abbreviation: Addict Behav
ISSN: 0306-4603
eISSN: 1873-6327
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Language: English
Date published: 2009
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center; Community and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984064189902771

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