How is weight teasing cross-sectionally and longitudinally associated with health behaviors and weight status among ethnically/racially and socioeconomically diverse young people?

Table 3 Longitudinal relationships of health behaviors and weight status at 8-year follow-up by weight teasing status at baseline, effect sizes and marginal means (EAT 2010–2018, from adolescence to young adulthood), main effects models

Outcome	Cohen’s d Statistic	Marginal Mean (95% CI)		p-value
		Not Teased	Teased
Screen Time (hours/week)	0.00	25.2 (24.5, 26.0)	25.1 (24.0, 26.2)	0.838
MVPA (hours/week)	0.03	4.4 (4.2, 4.7)	4.5 (4.2, 4.9)	0.582
Sleep duration (hours/night)	0.08	8.5 (8.4, 8.6)	8.4 (8.2, 8.5)	0.127
Breakfast intake (days/week)	0.04	3.7 (3.5, 3.8)	3.8 (3.6, 4.0)	0.453
Fruit intake (servings/day)	0.04	2.0 (1.8, 2.1)	2.0 (1.8, 2.2)	0.508
Vegetable intake (servings/day)	0.02	2.2 (2.0, 2.3)	2.2 (2.0, 2.4)	0.791
SSB intake (servings/week)	0.03	3.6 (3.2, 3.9)	3.8 (3.3, 4.2)	0.552
Fast-Food intake (times/month)	0.03	14.4 (13.6, 15.3)	14.9 (13.7, 16.2)	0.535
BMI (kg/m²)	0.31	26.4 (26.1, 26.8)	28.2 (27.8, 28.7)	< 0.001

Models adjusted for ethnicity/race, socioeconomic status, gender, outcome assessed at baseline, and weight status
Gender assessed at follow-up; other covariates assessed at baseline
Sample size range: 1130–1475; Weighted analyses
Bold values indicate statistical significance at p < 0.05
MVPA Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, SSB Sugar-sweetened beverage, BMI Body mass index

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