Multi-Year Examination of School-Based Programs in Preventing Childhood Obesity: A Case of a State Policy in the USopen access
- Authors
- Jang, Chang-Yong; Gim, Nam-Gyeong; Kim, Yoonhee; Kim, TaeEung
- Issue Date
- Dec-2020
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
- Keywords
- physical activity; physical education; nutrition; childhood obesity
- Citation
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, v.17, no.24
- Journal Title
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Volume
- 17
- Number
- 24
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/2276
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph17249425
- ISSN
- 1661-7827
1660-4601
- Abstract
- This study examined the association between the obesogenic factors and the risk of suffering from weight excess in school-based state programs regarding physical activity, physical education, nutrition standards, and nutrition education in preventing childhood obesity. Data were drawn from the 1999-2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey in the State of Mississippi (N = 8862; grades 9-12). Logistic regression with year-fixed effects was performed to capture the influence of the legislation on teenage obesity, controlling for demographics and nutrition- and physical activity-related behaviors. The age-, sex-, and ethnicity-adjusted mean of the body mass index had reduced since 2007 (year 1999: 23.52; year 2001: 23.53; year 2003: 23.76; year 2007: 24.26; year 2009: 24.29; and year 2011: 23.91). The legislation was significantly associated with a decreased likelihood of being overweight (year 2007, odds ratio (OR) = 0.686; year 2009, OR = 0.739; and year 2011, OR = 0.760; all p < 0.01). Children who were more sedentary, more frequently fasted to lose weight, and were less physically active and likelier to be overweight (OR = 1.05, 1.37, and 0.97, respectively; all p < 0.05), as were African-American children (OR = 0.64; p < 0.05) and female students (OR = 1.59; p < 0.05). In conclusion, schools are among the most easily modifiable settings for preventing childhood obesity and reducing its prevalence, with the implementation of physical activity and nutritional policies.
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