2021
DOI: 10.5888/pcd18.200532
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Summer Weight Gain Among Preschool-Aged Children With Obesity: An Observational Study in Head Start

Abstract: School-aged children gain weight most rapidly in summer, but few studies have investigated summer weight gain among preschool-aged children. We fit continuous linear spline mixed models to test for accelerated summer weight gain among 2,044 children attending 16 Boston-area Head Start programs between fall 2016 and spring 2019. Academic year and summer rates of change in modified body mass index z-score differed ( P < .001), with accelerated summer weight gain most pronounced among child… Show more

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