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Gisèle Carrière

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PubMed2005

Weekly work hours and health-related behaviours in full-time students.

OBJECTIVES: This article examines associations between the number of hours of paid work and smoking, alcohol use, episodic heavy drinking and leisure-time physical activity among full-time students aged 15 to 17. DATA SOURCES: Analyses are based on data from the 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey and the 1994/95 to 2002/03 National Population Health Survey. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES: Selected characteristics and health-related behaviours of working and non-working students were compared. Logistic regression was used to examine relationships between average weekly hours at the main job and health-related behaviours, as well as maintenance of and changes in these behaviours, while controlling for possible confounders. MAIN RESULTS: Students who worked even a modest number of hours per week had higher odds of drinking alcohol regularly, and occasionally heavily, compared with those who had not worked. Students working any number of hours had higher odds of becoming regular drinkers within two years of their baseline interview. Longer working hours were associated with higher odds of smoking. Employed students had higher odds of being physically active in their leisure time. The influences of age, household income and urban/rural residence were taken into account.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2003

Parent and child factors associated with youth obesity.

OBJECTIVES: This article examines relationships between parent and adolescent weight, as well as other selected characteristics and health behaviours of both, and then explores which factors are associated with youth obesity. DATA SOURCE: The analysis is based on cross-sectional household data from cycle 1.1 of the 2000/01 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), conducted by Statistics Canada. The sample comprises 4,803 girls and 4,982 boys who were aged 12 to 19 in 2000/01. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES: Estimates of body mass index (BMI) were calculated and selected health behaviours were evaluated for adolescents and a parent who lived in the same household. Multiple logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with youth obesity while controlling for age of the youth and the sex of the reporting parent. MAIN RESULTS: For both sexes, having an obese parent greatly increased the odds for youth obesity. Among girls, former smokers had higher odds for obesity, but smoking behaviour was not associated with obesity for boys. For boys, being physically inactive or even moderately active increased the odds of obesity. And if the responding parent smoked daily, this increased the odds of obesity for boys.

Adolescent↗