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ArticleThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2015

Response to commentary by Skinner et al. on Regression to the Mean (RTM) in Burke et al.

Rachel M Burke, Christi Kay, Julie Gazmararian

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Article in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Rachel M BurkeDepartment of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. rmburke@emory.edu.
Christi KayHealthMPowers, Atlanta, GA, USA. christi.kay@healthmpowers.org.
Julie GazmararianDepartment of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. jagazma@emory.edu.

Funding

Training in Reproductive, Perinatal, Pediatric EpidemiologyT32HD052460 · NICHD · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI DREWS-BOTSCH, CAROLYN DAWSON · 2006 to 2015
$2.2M
NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD052460NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD052460-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This letter is a response to commentary by Skinner et al. on an evaluation by Burke et al. of the HealthMPowers program, an elementary-school-based program developed to improve child health and wellness. In their commentary, Skinner et al. make the criticism that our results for changes in BMI-for-Age Z score were simply reflective of Regression to the Mean (RTM). In this response, we show that while some of our results are consistent with RTM, with adjustment we do still observe some small effects in BMI-for-Age Z score over the course of the school year. We conclude that while our evaluation was not definitive, we still believe that programs of similar design to HealthMPowers merit further rigorous study.

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Body CompositionHealth BehaviorHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeMotor ActivityFemaleHealth PromotionHumansMaleOverweightPediatric Obesity

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PMID25947102
PMCPMC4428502

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