Effects of the Head Start Program on Socioecological Obesogenic Factors in American Children
Autor: | TaeEung Kim, Minju Kim, Nam-Gyeong Gim, Chang-Yong Jang |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Adolescent
socioecological obesogenic factors Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Psychological intervention 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Overweight Childhood obesity Article Body Mass Index 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life children medicine Early Intervention Educational Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Early childhood Longitudinal Studies Child Body Weight Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Head Start Obesity United States Cross-Sectional Studies quality of life Head start Child Preschool Cohort Medicine Female medicine.symptom Demography |
Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 4779, p 4779 (2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 18 Issue 9 |
ISSN: | 1661-7827 1660-4601 |
Popis: | Head Start is a nationwide developmental program for low-income families. This study aimed to investigate the association between the Head Start program and children’s BMI status, as well as their quality of life with respect to socioecological obesogenic factors. This cross-sectional study employed the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten cohort (ECLS-K) in which the data were collected in 2007 and analyzed in 2019. Propensity-score matching analysis was performed to examine the association between the Head Start program and children’s BMI status, as well as the quality of life, controlling for socioecological obesogenic factors. A total of 3753 children (representing 1,284,209 at the population level) were recruited in this study (mean age: 13.69 years girls: 49.42%). In the final matched model, the program did not have a statistically significant effect on children’s obesity. Fewer African American children participated in school-sponsored activities, perceived themselves as overweight, lived in a household with fewer family members, had less strict TV regulations, and were more likely to be overweight than their counterparts. Outcomes suggest that multiple dimensions of sociological obesogenic factors including individual, parental, familial, and community support factors affect the weight of children from low-income families and should be considered when establishing behavioral and policy interventions to thwart the childhood obesity epidemic. |
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