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A Validation Study Concerning the Effects of Interview Content, Retention Interval, and Grade on Children's Recall Accuracy for Dietary Intake and/or Physical Activity
Practitioners and researchers are interested in assessing children's dietary intake and physical activity together to maximize resources and minimize subject burden.There Is No Relationship between Academic Achievement and Body Mass Index among Fourth-Grade, Predominantly African-American Children
School-based initiatives to combat childhood obesity may use academic performance to measure success. This cross-sectional study investigated the relationship between academic achievement and body mass index percentile, socioeconomic status (SES), and race by linking existing datasets that are not routinely linked. Data from a school-based project (with National Institutes of Health funding) concerning dietary recall accuracy were linked with data from the state's Department of Education through the state's Office of Research and Statistics.Nonsignificant Relationship between Participation in School-Provided Meals and Body Mass Index during the Fourth-Grade School Year
Data from four cross-sectional studies involving fourth-grade children were analyzed to investigate the relationship between participation in school-provided meals and body mass index (BMI), and the effect observed energy intake has on that relationship. Participation and BMI data were available on 1,535 children (51% black; 51% girls) for 4 school years (fall 1999 to spring 2003; one study per school year) at 13 schools total. Direct meal observations were available for a subset of 342 children (54% black; 50% girls) for one to three breakfasts and one to three lunches per child for a total of 1,264 school meals (50% breakfast).
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