School-Based Weight Management Program Curbs Summer Weight Gain among Low-Income Hispanic Middle School Students

Autor/inn/en	Reesor, Layton; Moreno, Jennette P.; Johnston, Craig A.; Hernandez, Daphne C.
Titel	School-Based Weight Management Program Curbs Summer Weight Gain among Low-Income Hispanic Middle School Students
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 89 (2019) 1, S.59-67 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12713
Schlagwörter	Obesity; Health Promotion; Outcomes of Treatment; Low Income Students; Hispanic American Students; Middle School Students; Program Effectiveness; Scores; Experimental Groups; Control Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adipositas; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule
Abstract	Background: Research 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. Methods: Hispanic 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. Results: In 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. Conclusion: For all students, zBMI increased during the summer. A school-based weight management program protected overweight/obese students against potentially greater summer weight gain. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01