Observational studyPloS one2015
Obesity and Aerobic Fitness among Urban Public School Students in Elementary, Middle, and High School.
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- Assessment of physical activity among adolescents: a guide to the literature.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of school-based intervention in obese children.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2026Article
- Severe obesity and fitness in New York City public school youth, 2010-2018.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The Impact of Obesity on the Fitness Performance of School-Aged Children Living in Rural Areas-The West Attica Project.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Disparities in physical fitness of 6-11-year-old children: the 2012 NHANES National Youth Fitness Survey.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Athletes for life: Rationale and methodology of a community- and family-based randomized controlled trial to promote cardiovascular fitness among primarily Latino families.Contemporary clinical trials · 2020Article
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- Investigating the relationship between district-level socioeconomic status and individual obesity in Taiwanese adolescents: A large-scale cross-sectional analysis.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Failure to meet aerobic fitness standards among urban elementary students.Preventive medicine reports · 2018Article
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- BMI-for-age graphs with severe obesity percentile curves: tools for plotting cross-sectional and longitudinal youth BMI data.BMC pediatrics · 2017Article
- Obesity Epidemiology Worldwide.Gastroenterology clinics of North America · 2016Review
- Meals of differing caloric content do not alter physical activity behavior during a subsequent simulated recess period in children.SpringerPlus · 2016Article
- Weight status perception and weight loss intention among urban youth.Obesity research & clinical practiceObservational
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
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objectivesTo assess the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk among urban public school students through a collaborative school district and university partnership.
methodsChildren and adolescents in grades K-12 from 24 urban public schools participated in measurements of height, weight, and other health metrics during the 2009-2010 school year. Body mass index (BMI) percentiles and z-scores were computed for 4673 students. President's Challenge 1-mile endurance run was completed by 1075 students ages 9-19 years. Maximal oxygen consumption (⩒O2max) was predicted using an age-, sex-, and BMI-specific formula to determine health-related fitness. Resting blood pressure (BP) was assessed in 1467 students. Regression analyses were used to compare BMI z-scores, fitness, and age- and sex-specific BP percentiles across grade levels. Chi-square tests were used to explore the effect of sex and grade-level on health-related outcomes.
resultsBased on BMI, 19.8% were categorized as overweight and 24.4% were obese. Included in the obese category were 454 students (9.7% of sample) classified with severe obesity. Using FITNESSGRAM criteria, 50.2% of students did not achieve the Healthy Fitness Zone (HFZ); the proportion of students in the Needs Improvement categories increased from elementary to middle school to high school. Male students demonstrated higher fitness than female students, with 61.4% of boys and only 35.4% of girls meeting HFZ standards. Elevated BP was observed among 24% of 1467 students assessed. Systolic and diastolic BP z-scores revealed low correlation with BMI z-scores.
conclusionsA community-university collaboration identified obesity, severe obesity, overweight, and low aerobic fitness to be common risk factors among urban public school students.
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