Growth and weight status in treatment-naive 12-16 year old adolescents with Alcohol Use Disorders in Cape Town, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorNaude, Celesteen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSenekal, Marjanneen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLaubscher, Riaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCarey, Paulen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorFein, Georgeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-11T11:51:55Z
dc.date.available2015-11-11T11:51:55Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Heavy alcohol consumption during adolescence has many known harmful health and social consequences and is strongly associated with numerous health risk behaviours. The consequences of heavy alcohol use during adolescence on nutritional status, specifically growth and weight status are largely unknown at this time. METHODS: Substance use, anthropometric indices of growth and weight, dietary energy intake and physical activity in heavy drinking adolescents (meeting DSM-IV criteria for alcohol use disorders) and matched light/non-drinking control adolescents were assessed. RESULTS: Lifetime alcohol dose, measured in standard drinks of alcohol, was orders of magnitude higher in adolescents with alcohol use disorders (AUDs) compared to controls. The AUDs group was selected to represent relatively 'pure' AUDs, with minimal other drug use and no psychiatric diagnoses. The growth and weight status of adolescents with AUDs were generally comparable to that of controls, and is in line with the growth and weight status of the South African adolescent population. A greater proportion of overweight/obese females was found in both groups, with this percentage tending to be greater, although not significantly so, in the AUDs group. Adolescent females with AUDs had increased odds of being overweight/obese compared to controls, after adjustment for smoking, physical activity and energy intake. CONCLUSION: Anthropometric indices of growth and weight status of participants in the Control and AUD groups were generally comparable. Female adolescents with AUDs may have an increased risk of being overweight/obese compared to adolescent females without AUDs. The presence of an AUD in our adolescent sample was associated with higher energy intake. Longitudinal studies are needed to elucidate the effects of heavy alcohol use on energy balance, growth and weight status in adolescents as they age. Nonetheless, the current study contributes to our understanding of the impacts of heavy alcohol consumption on important aspects of adolescent development.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationNaude, C., Senekal, M., Laubscher, R., Carey, P., & Fein, G. (2011). Growth and weight status in treatment-naive 12-16 year old adolescents with Alcohol Use Disorders in Cape Town, South Africa. <i>Nutrition Journal</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14850en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNaude, Celeste, Marjanne Senekal, Ria Laubscher, Paul Carey, and George Fein "Growth and weight status in treatment-naive 12-16 year old adolescents with Alcohol Use Disorders in Cape Town, South Africa." <i>Nutrition Journal</i> (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14850en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNaude, C. E., Senekal, M., Laubscher, R., Carey, P. D., & Fein, G. (2011). Growth and weight status in treatment-naïve 12-16 year old adolescents with Alcohol Use Disorders in Cape Town, South Africa. Nutrition journal, 10(1), 87.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Naude, Celeste AU - Senekal, Marjanne AU - Laubscher, Ria AU - Carey, Paul AU - Fein, George AB - BACKGROUND: Heavy alcohol consumption during adolescence has many known harmful health and social consequences and is strongly associated with numerous health risk behaviours. The consequences of heavy alcohol use during adolescence on nutritional status, specifically growth and weight status are largely unknown at this time. METHODS: Substance use, anthropometric indices of growth and weight, dietary energy intake and physical activity in heavy drinking adolescents (meeting DSM-IV criteria for alcohol use disorders) and matched light/non-drinking control adolescents were assessed. RESULTS: Lifetime alcohol dose, measured in standard drinks of alcohol, was orders of magnitude higher in adolescents with alcohol use disorders (AUDs) compared to controls. The AUDs group was selected to represent relatively 'pure' AUDs, with minimal other drug use and no psychiatric diagnoses. The growth and weight status of adolescents with AUDs were generally comparable to that of controls, and is in line with the growth and weight status of the South African adolescent population. A greater proportion of overweight/obese females was found in both groups, with this percentage tending to be greater, although not significantly so, in the AUDs group. Adolescent females with AUDs had increased odds of being overweight/obese compared to controls, after adjustment for smoking, physical activity and energy intake. CONCLUSION: Anthropometric indices of growth and weight status of participants in the Control and AUD groups were generally comparable. Female adolescents with AUDs may have an increased risk of being overweight/obese compared to adolescent females without AUDs. The presence of an AUD in our adolescent sample was associated with higher energy intake. Longitudinal studies are needed to elucidate the effects of heavy alcohol use on energy balance, growth and weight status in adolescents as they age. Nonetheless, the current study contributes to our understanding of the impacts of heavy alcohol consumption on important aspects of adolescent development. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1186/1475-2891-10-87 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Nutrition Journal LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - Growth and weight status in treatment-naive 12-16 year old adolescents with Alcohol Use Disorders in Cape Town, South Africa TI - Growth and weight status in treatment-naive 12-16 year old adolescents with Alcohol Use Disorders in Cape Town, South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14850 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14850
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-10-87
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNaude C, Senekal M, Laubscher R, Carey P, Fein G. Growth and weight status in treatment-naive 12-16 year old adolescents with Alcohol Use Disorders in Cape Town, South Africa. Nutrition Journal. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14850.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherBioMed Central Ltden_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDivision of Human Nutritionen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licenseen_ZA
dc.rights.holder2011 Naude et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.en_ZA
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0en_ZA
dc.sourceNutrition Journalen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://www.nutritionj.com/en_ZA
dc.subject.otheradolescenten_ZA
dc.subject.otheralcoholen_ZA
dc.subject.othergrowthen_ZA
dc.subject.otherweighten_ZA
dc.subject.otheranthropometryen_ZA
dc.subject.otherenergy intakeen_ZA
dc.titleGrowth and weight status in treatment-naive 12-16 year old adolescents with Alcohol Use Disorders in Cape Town, South Africaen_ZA
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