Underestimation of weight status in Californian adolescents.

Background: Overweight and obese adolescents commonly underestimate their weight status, considering themselves to be at a healthy weight or underweight. These adolescents are more likely to be male, older, and Latino, black, or Native American. Associations with acculturation have not been previously assessed.

Language spoken at home and parental birthplace moderate the association of race/ethnicity and distorted weight perception.

Distorted weight perception (DWP), specifically overestimating weight status, is common in adolescents and may lead to eating disorders. The authors examined the role of acculturation proxies as effect modifiers of the relationship between race/ethnicity and DWP in a diverse adolescent population. Analysis of the 2005 California Health Interview Survey showed that of 2955 adolescents with underweight or healthy weight status, 10.

The clinical, psychosocial, and socioeconomic concerns of urban youth living with diabetes.

Objective: Young people with chronic diseases face the challenge of moving from the pediatric to the adult health care environment, in addition to the normal hurdles of young adulthood. To most effectively help them through this process, we must first understand their perspective.

Design: Qualitative study of the social and emotional impact of having diabetes.

Partnering together? Relationships between faith-based community health centers and neighborhood congregations.

Objective: The US Bureau of Primary Health Care has promoted collaboration between federally funded community health centers and neighborhood religious congregations, yet little is known about how such organizations currently interact in underserved neighborhoods.

Methods: Semistructured interviews were conducted with leaders from five faith-based, urban community health centers and 23 neighborhood congregations. Transcripts were coded for prevalent concepts and themes regarding collaborations between the two types of organizations.