School District Wellness Policy Quality and Weight-Related Outcomes among High School Students in Minnesota

Autor/inn/en	Hoffman, Pamela K.; Davey, Cynthia S.; Larson, Nicole; Grannon, Katherine Y.; Hanson, Carlie; Nanney, Marilyn S.
Titel	School District Wellness Policy Quality and Weight-Related Outcomes among High School Students in Minnesota
Quelle	In: Health Education Research, 31 (2016) 2, S.234-246 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-1153
DOI	10.1093/her/cyv101
Schlagwörter	High School Students; School Districts; Wellness; School Policy; Rating Scales; Public Schools; Scores; State Surveys; Health Behavior; Ecology; Body Composition; Obesity; Lunch Programs; Physical Education; Physical Activities; Physical Activity Level; Nutrition Instruction; Economically Disadvantaged; Disadvantaged Schools; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; School district; Schulbezirk; Well being; Well-being; Wohlbefinden; Schulpolitik; Rating-Skala; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Ökologie; Adipositas; Mittagessen; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Nutrition education; Ernährungserziehung
Abstract	Weight-related outcomes were examined among high school students in Minnesota public school districts according to the quality of district wellness policies. Wellness policy strength and comprehensiveness were scored using the Wellness School Assessment Tool (WellSAT) for 325 Minnesota public school districts in 2013. The associations between WellSAT scores and district-level means of high school student responses to a statewide survey of health behaviors were examined in this ecologic study. WellSAT Total Strength and Total Comprehensiveness scores were positively associated with both student mean Body Mass Index (BMI) percentile (Strength: P = 0.018, Comprehensiveness: P = 0.031) and mean percent overweight or obese (Strength: P = 0.008, Comprehensiveness: P = 0.026), but only in districts with >50% of students eligible for Free or Reduced-Price Lunches (FRPLs), or "high FRPL districts". WellSAT Physical Education and Physical Activity subscale scores were also positively associated with the mean days per week students engaged in physical activity for = 60 min in high FRPL districts (Strength: P = 0.008, Comprehensiveness: P = 0.003) and in low FRPL districts (<35% eligible) for Strength score: (P = 0.027). In medium FRPL districts (35-50% eligible), Nutrition Education and Wellness Promotion Strength and Comprehensiveness subscale scores were positively associated with, respectively, daily servings of vegetables (P = 0.037) and fruit (P = 0.027); and WellSAT Total scores were positively associated with daily vegetable servings (Strength: P = 0.037, Comprehensiveness: P = 0.012). Administrators of economically disadvantaged school districts with a higher percentage of overweight students may be recognizing the need for stronger wellness policies and the specific importance of implementing policies pertaining to physical activity as a means to improve student health. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01