After School Activities, Overweight, and Obesity among Inner City Youth

Autor/inn/en	Elkins, Whitney L.; Cohen, Deborah A.; Koralewicz, Lisa M.; Taylor, Stephanie N.
Titel	After School Activities, Overweight, and Obesity among Inner City Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 27 (2004) 2, S.181-189 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2003.10.010
Schlagwörter	After School Programs; Obesity; Gender Differences; Urban Youth; Correlation; Adolescents; Athletics; High School Students; Low Income Groups; Prevention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Adipositas; Geschlechterkonflikt; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Korrelation; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Leichtathletik; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Prävention; Vorbeugung
Abstract	We examined the association of adolescent obesity with participation in sports among 5489 low-income, inner city public high school students. Among inner city youth 28.5% of males and 33.7% of females were overweight and 15.9% of boys and 16.4% of girls were obese. For both males and females, participation in an increasing number of athletic activities was associated with lower (body mass index) BMI after controlling for age, grade, and playing football. While youth with lower BMI might be more likely to participate in sports, after school sports are a potential opportunity for prevention of obesity in adolescents. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10