Behavioural patterns only predict concurrent BMI status and not BMI trajectories in a sample of youth in Ontario, Canada

Rachel E. Laxer; Martin Cooke; Joel A. Dubin; Ross C. Brownson; Ashok Chaurasia; Scott T. Leatherdale

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0190405

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Behavioural patterns only predict concurrent BMI status and not BMI trajectories in a sample of youth in Ontario, Canada

Rachel E. Laxer ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel E. Laxer, Martin Cooke, Joel A. Dubin, Ross C. Brownson, Ashok Chaurasia, Scott T. Leatherdale

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: rlaxer@uwaterloo.ca

Affiliation School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Canada

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9043-5264

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Martin Cooke ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel E. Laxer, Martin Cooke, Joel A. Dubin, Ross C. Brownson, Ashok Chaurasia, Scott T. Leatherdale

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Canada
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Joel A. Dubin ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel E. Laxer, Martin Cooke, Joel A. Dubin, Ross C. Brownson, Ashok Chaurasia, Scott T. Leatherdale

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Canada
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Ross C. Brownson ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel E. Laxer, Martin Cooke, Joel A. Dubin, Ross C. Brownson, Ashok Chaurasia, Scott T. Leatherdale

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Brown School and School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis MO, United States of America
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Ashok Chaurasia ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel E. Laxer, Martin Cooke, Joel A. Dubin, Ross C. Brownson, Ashok Chaurasia, Scott T. Leatherdale

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Canada
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Scott T. Leatherdale

Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel E. Laxer, Martin Cooke, Joel A. Dubin, Ross C. Brownson, Ashok Chaurasia, Scott T. Leatherdale

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Canada
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Behavioural patterns only predict concurrent BMI status and not BMI trajectories in a sample of youth in Ontario, Canada

Rachel E. Laxer,
Martin Cooke,
Joel A. Dubin,
Ross C. Brownson,
Ashok Chaurasia,
Scott T. Leatherdale

Published: January 2, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190405

About the Authors

Rachel E. Laxer

Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel E. Laxer, Martin Cooke, Joel A. Dubin, Ross C. Brownson, Ashok Chaurasia, Scott T. Leatherdale

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: rlaxer@uwaterloo.ca

Affiliation School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Canada

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9043-5264

Martin Cooke

Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel E. Laxer, Martin Cooke, Joel A. Dubin, Ross C. Brownson, Ashok Chaurasia, Scott T. Leatherdale

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Canada

Joel A. Dubin

Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel E. Laxer, Martin Cooke, Joel A. Dubin, Ross C. Brownson, Ashok Chaurasia, Scott T. Leatherdale

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Canada

Ross C. Brownson

Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel E. Laxer, Martin Cooke, Joel A. Dubin, Ross C. Brownson, Ashok Chaurasia, Scott T. Leatherdale

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Brown School and School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis MO, United States of America

Ashok Chaurasia

Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel E. Laxer, Martin Cooke, Joel A. Dubin, Ross C. Brownson, Ashok Chaurasia, Scott T. Leatherdale

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Canada

Scott T. Leatherdale

Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel E. Laxer, Martin Cooke, Joel A. Dubin, Ross C. Brownson, Ashok Chaurasia, Scott T. Leatherdale

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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