Association of childhood and teen school performance and obesity in young adulthood in the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

Sobol-Goldberg, Shira; Rabinowitz, Jonathan

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.05.008

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“…Micronutrient deficiencies have been linked to damaging physical performance [3], impaired cognitive functioning [7], suboptimal learning [8], and poor academic performance [9]. These endpoints, in turn, may lead to an increased risk of adulthood obesity [10,11], living in poverty [12], depression [13], and other psychiatric disorders [14]. Hence, there is a need to identify and evaluate safe, tolerable, and cost-effective nutritional interventions in school children and adolescents.…”

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Micronutrient‐Fortified Milk and Academic Performance among Chinese Middle School Students: A Cluster‐Randomized Controlled Trial

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Many children suffer from nutritional deficiencies that may negatively affect their academic performance. This cluster-randomized controlled trial aimed to test the effects of micronutrient-fortified milk in Chinese students. Participants received either micronutrient-fortified (n = 177) or unfortified (n = 183) milk for six months. Academic performance, motivation, and learning strategies were estimated by end-of-term tests and the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire. Blood samples were analyzed for micronutrients. In total, 296 students (82.2%) completed this study. Compared with the control group, students in the intervention group reported higher scores in several academic subjects (p < 0.05), including languages, mathematics, ethics, and physical performance at the end of follow-up. Students in the intervention group showed greater self-efficacy and use of cognitive strategies in learning, and reported less test anxiety (p < 0.001). Moreover, vitamin B2 deficiency (odds ratio (OR) = 0.18, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.11~0.30) and iron deficiency (OR = 0.34, 95% CI: 0.14~0.81) were less likely in the students of the intervention group, whereas vitamin D, vitamin B12, and selenium deficiencies were not significantly different. “Cognitive strategy” had a partial mediating effect on the test scores of English (95% CI: 1.26~3.79) and Chinese (95% CI: 0.53~2.21). Our findings suggest that micronutrient-fortified milk may improve students’ academic performance, motivation, and learning strategies.

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“…Childhood obesity has been a long‐standing problem in Latina/o families in the United States (Deckelbaum & Williams, ; Ogden & Carroll, ; Ogden et al., ). Unfortunately, childhood obesity has resulted in health issues such as diabetes, sleep apnea, asthma (California Department of Public Health [CDPH], ), psychological issues (Abdel‐Aziz, Hamza, Youssef, & Mohammed, ; Puhl & Latner, ; Schwartz & Puhl, ), and poor school performance (Schwartz & Puhl, ; Sobol‐Goldberg & Rabinowitz, ). Childhood obesity has also resulted in significant financial costs to society; California has had the highest costs in the United States (CDPH, ).…”

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A Taste of Good Health: Evaluation of a School‐Based, Healthy Lifestyles Program for Parents in Latino Communities

Besnilian

Johnson

Plunkett

2018

Family & Consum Sci Res J

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate a school‐based, parent education program to promote health behaviors and knowledge in Latino families in five schools in Los Angeles, California. An evaluation was conducted during and after the program. The sample consisted of 91 Latino parents. Pretest (baseline), post‐test (4th week), and follow‐up (12th week) quantitative data were collected from paper surveys. In addition, qualitative data regarding strengths and suggestions for improvements of the program were collected at post‐test (4th week) and follow‐up (12th week). The quantitative data indicated participants had significant increases in nutrition/cooking knowledge, nutrition/cooking behaviors, physical activity knowledge, and physical activity behaviors. The results from the qualitative data indicated that participants used the knowledge gained in the classes to create healthier home environments for their children and families. The primary suggestion by participants was to continue having classes in exercise, nutrition, and cooking.

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Cascade effects of a parenting-focused program for divorced families on three health-related outcomes in emerging adulthood

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Tein,

Rhodes

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Dev Psychopathol

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Using data from a 15-year longitudinal follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of a parenting-focused preventive intervention for divorced families (N = 240) with children aged 9–12, the current study examined alternative cascading pathways through which the intervention led to improvements in offspring’s perceived health problems, BMI, and cigarette smoking in emerging adulthood. It was hypothesized that the program would lead to improvements in these health-related outcomes during emerging adulthood through progressive associations between program-induced changes in parenting and offspring outcomes, including mental health problems, substance use, and competencies. Intervention-induced improvements in positive parenting at posttest led to improvements in mental health problems in late childhood/early adolescence, which led to lower levels of mental health and substance use problems as well as higher levels of competencies in adolescence, which led to improvements in the health-related outcomes. Academic performance predicted all three health-related outcomes and other aspects of adolescent functioning showed different relations across outcomes. Results highlight the potential for intervention effects of preventive parenting interventions in childhood to cascade over time to affect health-related outcomes in emerging adulthood.

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Association of childhood and teen school performance and obesity in young adulthood in the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

Cited by 5 publications

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Micronutrient‐Fortified Milk and Academic Performance among Chinese Middle School Students: A Cluster‐Randomized Controlled Trial

Micronutrient‐Fortified Milk and Academic Performance among Chinese Middle School Students: A Cluster‐Randomized Controlled Trial

A Taste of Good Health: Evaluation of a School‐Based, Healthy Lifestyles Program for Parents in Latino Communities

Cascade effects of a parenting-focused program for divorced families on three health-related outcomes in emerging adulthood

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