Body Mass Index in Rural First Grade Schoolchildren: Progressive Increase in Boys

Autor/inn/en	Smith, Derek T.; Vendela, Mandolyn Jade; Bartee, R. Todd; Carr, Lucas J.
Titel	Body Mass Index in Rural First Grade Schoolchildren: Progressive Increase in Boys
Quelle	In: Journal of Rural Health, 24 (2008) 1, S.40-48 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0890-765X
DOI	10.1111/j.1748-0361.2008.00135.x
Schlagwörter	Obesity; Body Composition; Age; Incidence; Prevention; Grade 1; Males; Rural Areas; Case Studies; At Risk Persons; Classification; Gender Differences; Wyoming + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adipositas; Alter; Lebensalter; Vorkommen; Prävention; Vorbeugung; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Risikogruppe; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Context: Childhood overweight is a global health problem. Monitoring of childhood body mass index (BMI) may help identify critical time periods during which excess body weight is accumulated. Purpose: To examine changes in mean BMI and the prevalence of at-risk-for overweight in repeated cross-sectional samples of rural first grade schoolchildren between 1999 and 2004. Methods: BMI was determined in 479 first graders from a rural Wyoming school district. BMI and gender-specific BMI-for-age percentiles were determined and evaluated over the 6 years. Children were also classified as normal or at-risk-for overweight according to CDC classification procedures. Findings: From 1999 to 2004, there was a significant increase in the average BMI of first graders, 15.8 plus or minus 2.2 kg/m[superscript 2] versus 16.8 plus or minus 2.2 kg/m[superscript 2], respectively (P less than 0.05). First grade boys had a progressive increase in BMI from 1999 to 2004 (15.6 plus or minus 2.2 kg/m[superscript 2] compared to 17.3 plus or minus 2.2 kg/m[superscript 2], respectively), but no change was evident for first grade girls. There was an approximate 4-fold increase in the percentage of rural first grade boys classified as at-risk-for overweight between 1999 and 2004. Conclusions: A progressive increase in the BMI and the significant increase in prevalence of at-risk-for overweight in rural first grade boys highlight the need for future gender and age group-specific investigations. Focus should be given to primary prevention programs targeting potentially vulnerable time periods when excess weight gain may be occurring. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10