@article{29d0015ac0074152b39bdd6c9f0434c9,
title = "Are Feminine Body Weight Norms Different for Black Students or in Black Schools? Girls{\textquoteright} Weight-Related Peer Acceptance across Racialized School Contexts",
abstract = "Adolescent girls with overweight or obesity are less socially integrated than their thinner peers. We examine racial-ethnic differences in girls{\textquoteright} weight-related friendship patterns, especially noting Black–white distinctions given their different norms about the ideal feminine form. We also test whether schools with more Black students see diminished weight-related differences in peer integration for all girls and/or for Black girls. Using 1994–1995 data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, we predict the number of friendship nominations girls receive conditional on their weight status, race-ethnicity, and school{\textquoteright}s racial composition. Both white and Black girls with overweight or obesity are less integrated than their thinner peers regardless of the school{\textquoteright}s Black enrollment rate. Hispanic girls with overweight are more integrated than white girls with overweight, particularly in schools with low Black enrollments. The relative consistency of girls{\textquoteright} weight-related friendship patterns demonstrates the ubiquity of dominant feminine thinness norms.",
author = "Martin, {Molly A.} and Tori Thomas and Adler, {Gary J.} and Kreager, {Derek A.}",
note = "Funding Information: This research uses data from Add Health, a program project directed by Kathleen Mullan Harris and designed by J. Richard Udry, Peter S. Bearman, and Kathleen Mullan Harris at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and funded by grant P01HD31921 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, with cooperative funding from 23 other federal agencies and foundations. Special acknowledgment is due Ronald R. Rindfuss and Barbara Entwisle for assistance in the original design. Information on how to obtain the Add Health data files is available on the Add Health website ( http://www.cpc.unc.edu/addhealth ). We thank Cynthia Colen, Michelle Frisco, Megan Lemmon, Susana Quiros, Shedra Amy Snipes, and Jennifer Van Hook for their helpful comments. We thank Nathan Walters for his research support. Funding Information: This research uses data from Add Health, a program project directed by Kathleen Mullan Harris and designed by J. Richard Udry, Peter S. Bearman, and Kathleen Mullan Harris at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and funded by grant P01HD31921 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, with cooperative funding from 23 other federal agencies and foundations. Special acknowledgment is due Ronald R. Rindfuss and Barbara Entwisle for assistance in the original design. Information on how to obtain the Add Health data files is available on the Add Health website (http://www.cpc.unc.edu/addhealth). We thank Cynthia Colen, Michelle Frisco, Megan Lemmon, Susana Quiros, Shedra Amy Snipes, and Jennifer Van Hook for their helpful comments. We thank Nathan Walters for his research support. The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: No direct support was received from Grant P01HD31921 for this analysis. This research was supported by grants from National Institutes of Health (R24 HD041025 and P01 HD062498). Opinions expressed reflect those of the authors, not those of the granting agencies. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} American Sociological Association 2020.",
year = "2020",
month = jun,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/0022146520920599",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "61",
pages = "239--258",
journal = "Journal of health and social behavior",
issn = "0022-1465",
publisher = "American Sociological Association",
number = "2",
}