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

Table 6 Relationships of health behaviors by weight teasing status in young people, effect sizes and marginal means, for variables with evidence of effect modification by ethnicity/race or socioeconomic status, stratified models

Outcome	Cohen’s d Statistic	Marginal Mean (95% CI)		p-value	Cohen’s d Statistic	Marginal Mean (95% CI)		p-value
		Not Teased	Teased			Not Teased	Teased
	Black/African American				White
EAT 2010 Cross-Sectional
MVPA (hours/week)	0.30	6.0 (5.4, 6.6)	4.6 (3.6, 5.5)	0.012	0.14	6.8 (6.2, 7.4)	7.5 (6.7, 8.4)	0.181
EAT 2018 Cross-Sectional
Sleep duration (hours/night)	0.42	8.9 (8.6, 9.1)	8.2 (7.9, 8.5)	0.003	0.02	8.3 (8.2, 8.5)	8.3 (8.1, 8.5)	0.884
Longitudinal (EAT 2010–2018)
Screen Time (hours/week)	0.30	25.2 (23.7, 26.8)	21.3 (18.8, 23.7)	0.009	0.06	24.8 (23.4, 26.2)	25.5 (23.5, 27.5)	0.592
Vegetable intake (servings/day)	0.21	1.9 (1.6, 2.2)	2.3 (1.8, 2.7)	0.128	0.19	2.3 (2.1, 2.6)	2.0 (1.7, 2.3)	0.106
SSB intake (servings/week)	0.18	4.0 (3.2, 4.8)	3.0 (1.7 4.3)	0.188	0.16	3.7 (2.9, 4.4)	4.6 (3.5, 5.6)	0.161
	Asian American				White
EAT 2010 Cross-Sectional
Vegetable intake (servings/day)	0.11	1.3 (1.3, 1.5)	1.2 (1.0, 1.4)	0.326	0.26	1.2 (1.1, 1.4)	1.6 (1.3, 1.8)	0.020
	Middle SES				High SES
EAT 2018 Cross-Sectional
MVPA (hours/week)	0.22	4.9 (4.5, 5.4)	4.0 (3.4, 4.5)	0.009	0.08	5.0 (4.4, 5.6)	5.4 (4.7, 6.1)	0.289
Breakfast intake (days/week)^a	0.31	4.0 (3.7, 4.2)	3.2 (2.9, 3.5)	< 0.001	0.14	4.3 (4.0, 4.6)	3.9 (3.5, 4.3)	0.186
Fast-Food intake (times/month)	0.18	14.8 (13.0, 16.6)	17.6 (15.6, 19.6)	0.258	0.38	12.2 (10.7, 13.7)	17.7 (15.9, 19.6)	< 0.001

^aLow SES results: d = 0.05, Not Teased: 3.5 (3.2, 3.8); Teased: 3.6 (3.3, 3.9); p = 0.548
Interaction terms were added to the fully adjusted models to test for effect modification by ethnicity/race and SES. If interaction terms were statistically significant (p < 0.1), stratified models were examined and results are displayed here
Cross-sectional models adjusted for ethnicity/race, socioeconomic status, gender, and weight status
Longitudinal 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. Weighted analyses
Bold values indicate statistical significance at p < 0.05
SES Socioeconomic status, MVPA Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, SSB Sugar-sweetened beverage

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