Trial reportThe Journal of school health2019
School-Based Weight Management Program Curbs Summer Weight Gain Among Low-Income Hispanic Middle School Students.
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- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 12 to 18 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of free summer day camp on physical activity behaviors and screentime of elementary-age children from low-income households: a randomized clinical trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Trial
- The Cost Effectiveness of a Free Summer Day Camp Voucher Program to Prevent Summer Weight Gain Among Children From Disadvantaged Households.American journal of preventive medicine · 2025Trial
- Differences in children's food and beverage consumption between school and summer: three-year findings from the what's UP (Undermining Prevention) with summer observational cohort study.BMC public health · 2025Observational
- Children's Health, Wellbeing and Academic Outcomes over the Summer Holidays: A Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Seasonal variability in body mass index change among children enrolled in the Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry: A step in the right direction.Pediatric obesity · 2023Article
- Healthy Summer Learners: An explanatory mixed methods study and process evaluation.Evaluation and program planning · 2022Article
- Conditioning on "study" is essential for valid inference when combining individual data from multiple randomized controlled trials: a comment on Reesor et al's School-based weight management program curbs summer weight gain among low-income Hispanic middle school students. J Sch Health. 2019;89(1):59-67.The Journal of school health · 2019Article
- Potential circadian and circannual rhythm contributions to the obesity epidemic in elementary school age children.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Article
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backgroundResearch shows that elementary students gain weight over the summer. It is unknown if these findings apply to Hispanic adolescents. We evaluated school and summer standardized body mass index (zBMI) changes in Hispanic middle school students.
methodsHispanic middle school students were randomly assigned to a weight management program (N = 230) or control condition (N = 195). Paired sample t-tests compared zBMI change scores during the school year versus summer when not enrolled in a weight management program (eg, control group). We used 2 × 2 repeated measures analysis of variances to determine program group differences in zBMI scores across school versus summer periods separately for normal and overweight/obese students.
resultsIn the control group, students' zBMI change scores decreased during the school year, but increased during summer for both normal weight and overweight/obese students. Program effects on zBMI indicated school year decreases and summer increases for both normal and overweight/obese students. However, zBMI scores did not differ by program status for normal weight students. Overweight/obese students in the program compared to the control group increased zBMI to a lesser extent over the summer.
conclusionFor all students, zBMI increased during the summer. A school-based weight management program protected overweight/obese students against potentially greater summer weight gain.
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