Seasonal variability in weight change during elementary school
| Autor: | Janice Baranowski, Tzu-An Chen, Sheryl O. Hughes, Tom Baranowski, Craig A. Johnston, Deborah Woehler, Jennette P. Moreno, Teresia O’Connor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism education Weight change Ethnic group Medicine (miscellaneous) Relative weight Overweight Ethnically diverse Endocrinology Weight loss medicine Healthy weight medicine.symptom business Weight gain Demography |
| Zdroj: | Obesity. 23:422-428 |
| ISSN: | 1930-7381 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/oby.20977 |
| Popis: | Objective To examine seasonal variation in weight gain across elementary school (kindergarten-5th grade) among children who are healthy weight, overweight, or obese and from different racial and ethnic groups. Methods The sample included 7,599 ethnically diverse students ages 5-7 years at baseline (Caucasian: 21.1%, Black: 36.2%, Hispanic: 26.0%, Asian 16.7%). Heights and weights were measured by school nurses at the beginning and end of each school year from kindergarten through the beginning of 5th grade. Results Beginning the summer after 1st grade, all children demonstrated a pattern of standardized BMI (zBMI) increases during the summer (0.04 to 0.09) and zBMI decreases across the school years (−0.06 to 0.00; P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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