The Relationship Between Relative Weight and School Attendance Among Elementary Schoolchildren

Geier, Andrew B.; Foster, Gary D.; Womble, Leslie G.; McLaughlin, Jackie; Borradaile, Kelley E.; Nachmani, Joan; Sherman, Stanley W; Kumanyika, Shiriki; Shults, Justine

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“…We found similar association between school absenteeism and obesity as previous studies [7,15,16]; however, the magnitude of our estimates was different. For example, the locally based study among severely obese children in California found that obese children and adolescents missed many more school days than nonobese children and adolescents (4.2 d/mo vs. .7 d/mo) [7].…”

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“…One study conducted in 2002 demonstrated that severely obese children and adolescents aged 5-18 years who were referred to pediatric gastroenterology or nutrition clinics at the Children's Hospital and Health Center in San Diego missed more school days than their normal-weight peers [7]. Another study published in 2007 that was conducted among fourth to sixth graders from nine elementary schools in Philadelphia noted that obese children were absent significantly more than children of normal weight [16]. However, there are limited recent national studies, to our knowledge, that have examined this association among the general U.S. adolescent population.…”

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The Association of Obesity and School Absenteeism Attributed to Illness or Injury Among Adolescents in the United States, 2009

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Sherry

Park

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Journal of Adolescent Health

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Purpose-School attendance can impact academic performance. Childhood obesity-related physical and psychosocial consequences are potentially associated with school absenteeism. Thus, we examined the association between school absenteeism attributed to illness or injury and obesity among adolescents aged 12-17 years.Methods-We used a weighted sample of 3,470 U.S. adolescents from the 2009 National Health Interview Survey. School absenteeism was measured from the parent-reported number of sick days taken in the preceding 12 months. Body mass index was calculated from parent-reported weight and height. Weight status was classified based on the sex-specific body mass index-for-age percentile defined by the CDC growth charts. Poisson regression was conducted to examine the association between school absenteeism and weight status, controlling for selected sociodemographic characteristics and disease status.Results-The mean number of annual sick days was 3.9 days overall; 3.4 days among normalweight, 4.4 days among overweight, and 4.5 days among obese adolescents. Obese adolescents had a higher proportion of missing ≥4 days of school per year than adolescents of normal weight. Our multivariate analyses found that compared with adolescents of normal weight, overweight and obese adolescents had greater than one-third more sick days annually (rate ratio = 1.36 for overweight and 1.37 for obese adolescents).Conclusions-Overweight and obese adolescents had 36% and 37% more sick days, respectively, than adolescents of normal weight. The results suggest another potential aspect of obesity prevention and reduction efforts among children and families is to improve children's school attendance. KeywordsBody mass index; Obesity; School absenteeism; School attendance; Adolescents HHS Public Access Author Manuscript Author ManuscriptAuthor Manuscript Author ManuscriptThe United States has increasingly recognized that childhood obesity is a major health problem among the nation's youth. Using measured weight and height, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) documented tripling of the prevalence of obesity among adolescents aged 12-19 years, increasing from 5.0% to 18.1% between 1976-1980 and 2007-2008. The sharpest increase in prevalence occurred between 1976-1980 and 1999-2000, with no significant increasing trend from 1999-2000 to 2007-2008 [1-3].Childhood obesity can affect physical and psychosocial health. For example, obesity is related to reduced quality of life and comorbidities, such as diabetes, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome, among children and adolescents [4][5][6][7]. In addition, childhood obesity may cause negative psychological and social consequences, such as depression, lower selfesteem, social isolation, and stigmatization [8][9][10][11]. These comorbidities and consequences may affect other aspects of children's lives, such as increasing their school absenteeism, which could lead to lower academic performance [12][13][14]. Given the high obesity prevalence, many U.S. childr...

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The Association of Obesity and School Absenteeism Attributed to Illness or Injury Among Adolescents in the United States, 2009

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Park

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“…Alguns dados mostram como as crianças com obesidade, comparadas aos colegas eutróficos, reportam mais dias de ausência na escola (GEIER et al, 2007), o que se torna para essas crianças um obstáculo no processo de aprendizagem. Outra barreira constante à prática de atividade física por crianças e jovens em situação de obesidade é a discriminação e o preconceito por parte da figura dos educadores (FAITH et al, 2002;LYONS;MILLER, 1999).…”

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Um Estudo Exploratório Da Tendência “Antiobesidade” Entre Professores E Estudantes De Educação Física Italianos

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Resumo: O objetivo desta pesquisa foi analisar as atitudes implícitas e explícitas sobre a obesidade em professores e estudantes de Educação Física. Dezoito professores e 45 estudantes preencheram quatro questionários: o Teste de Associação Implícita (IAT), que avalia por meio de categorizações os estereótipos e as associações cognitivas espontâneas; o questionário de Crandall para a avaliação do preconceito explícito sobre a obesidade; a Escala sobre a Orientação à Dominância Social (SDO); e o Questionário de Autodescrição Física -versão curta (PSDQ-s). Ambos os grupos reportaram preconceito significativo (p < 0,05), evidenciado pelos valores médios registrados pelo IAT. Os professores relataram valores significativamente maiores no preconceito implícito e valores mais baixos na SDO comparados aos estudantes. A Orientação à Dominância Social mostrou-se uma variável chave na presença do preconceito. Este estudo pode ser um ponto de partida para futuras pesquisas focadas na redução do preconceito por meio de protocolos de intervenção específicos.Abstract: This study looked into Physical Education teachers' and students' implicit and explicit attitudes toward obesity. Eighteen teachers and 45 students completed four questionnaires: the Implicit Association Test (IAT), which assesses stereotypes and spontaneous cognitive associations through categorizations; The Crandall questionnaire for the evaluation of explicit prejudice about obesity; The Social Dominance Orientation Scale (SDO); and the Physical Self-Description Questionnaire -short version (PSDQ-s). Both groups reported significant prejudice (p <0.05), evidenced by the mean values recorded on the IAT. Teachers reported significantly higher values than students on implicit prejudice and lower values on SDO. Social Dominance Orientation proved to be a key variable in the presence of prejudice. This study may be a starting point for future research focused on reducing prejudice through specific intervention protocols.Resumen: El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar las actitudes implícitas y explícitas sobre la obesidad entre profesores y estudiantes de educación física. Dieciocho profesores y 45 estudiantes completaron cuatro cuestionarios: el Test de Asociación Implícita (IAT), que evalúa estereotipos y asociaciones cognitivas espontáneas; el cuestionario de Crandall para evaluar el prejuicio explícito acerca de la obesidad; la Escala de Orientación a la Dominancia Social (SDO); y el Cuestionario de Autoconcepto Físico -versión corta (PSDQ-s). Ambos grupos reportaron perjuicio significativo (p <0,05), como se evidencia por los valores medios registrados por el IAT. Los profesores reportaron valores significativamente más altos en el prejuicio implícito y valores más bajos en la SDO en comparación con los estudiantes. La Orientación a la Dominancia Social demostró ser una variable clave en la presencia de perjuicios. Este estudio puede ser un punto de partida para futuras investigaciones enfocadas en la reducción del perjuicio a través de protocolos de interv...

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“…Obese children have been shown to be more likely to be absent from school than non-obese children (Geier et al, 2007), which in turn may affect their educational outcomes. Furthermore, associations between obesity and health during childhood may affect educational achievement.…”

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Genetic markers as instrumental variables: an application to child fat mass and academic achievement

Hinke¹,

Propper²,

Lawlor³

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The use of genetic markers as instrumental variables (IV) is receiving increasing attention from economists. This paper examines the conditions that need to be met for genetic variants to be used as instruments. We combine the IV literature with that from genetic epidemiology, with an application to child adiposity (fat mass, determined by a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan) and academic performance. OLS results indicate that leaner children perform slightly better in school tests compared to their more adipose counterparts, but the IV findings show no evidence that fat mass affects academic outcomes. Acknowledgements:We thank John Cawley, George Leckie, Owen O'Donnell, Jennifer Roberts, Sarah Smith, Nicholas Timpson, and Gerard van den Berg for helpful suggestions. We are extremely grateful to all the families who took part in this study, the midwives for their help in recruiting them, and the whole ALSPAC team, which includes interviewers, computer and laboratory technicians, clerical workers, research scientists, volunteers, managers, receptionists and nurses. The UK Medical Research Council (MRC), the Wellcome Trust and the University of Bristol provide core support for ALSPAC. This publication is the work of the authors, who will serve as guarantors for the contents of this paper.

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The Relationship Between Relative Weight and School Attendance Among Elementary Schoolchildren

Cited by 111 publications

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The Association of Obesity and School Absenteeism Attributed to Illness or Injury Among Adolescents in the United States, 2009

The Association of Obesity and School Absenteeism Attributed to Illness or Injury Among Adolescents in the United States, 2009

Um Estudo Exploratório Da Tendência “Antiobesidade” Entre Professores E Estudantes De Educação Física Italianos

Genetic markers as instrumental variables: an application to child fat mass and academic achievement

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