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Alternative Title:
J Correct Health Care
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078345816670161
Personal Author:
Brewer-Smyth, Kathleen ; Cornelius, Monica ; Pohlig, Ryan T.
Brewer-Smyth, Kathleen ; Cornelius, Monica ; Pohlig, Ryan T. Less -
Description:
The staggering prevalence of obesity and obesity-related health conditions takes exorbitant tolls on health care resources. This cross-sectional study with private evaluations of 636 adult inmates in a southern state prison was conducted with regressions comparing obese (body mass index [BMI] ≥ 30) to nonobese individuals to define obesity risk factors. Obese individuals more likely were female, were victims of childhood sexual abuse, suffered greater severity of childhood sexual abuse, attempted suicide, reported drug dependency, were non-Caucasian, and were older than nonobese. Psychopathy predicted lower BMI. Though obesity might be expected in victims of childhood physical abuse, traumatic brain injury, or other mental health conditions due to mobility or decision-making deficits, neither were significant. Adjusting for related variables, childhood sexual abuse remained significant. Females attempted suicide more frequently and suffered greater childhood sexual abuse.
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Article BMI Child Abuse Childhood Sexual Abuse Obesity Suicide Attempts TBI
Source:
J Correct Health Care. 22(4):367-382.
Pubmed ID:
27742859
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5504522
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
U49 CE001318/CE/NCIPC CDC HHS/United States ; U54 GM104941/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States
U49 CE001318/CE/NCIPC CDC HHS/United States ; U54 GM104941/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States Less -
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CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:5881891f929e21c872f3c2d27c3f88a073344ec700f7d07710c3229171c99b50
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/46695/cdc_46695_DS1.pdf
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