The current study examines how poverty and education in both the family and school contexts influence adolescent weight … how income and education operate alone and in conjunction with each other across families and schools. We test it by …-level poverty and educational resources, we find that at the family-level, parent's education, but not poverty status, is associated …

two explanations for this education gradient in BMI. One explanation is selection: adolescents with high BMI are less … likely to plan for, attend, and complete higher levels of education. An alternative explanation is causation: higher … education confers lifelong social, economic, and psychological benefits that help adults to restrain BMI growth. We test the …