Shifts in BMI category and associated cardiometabolic risk: prospective results from HEALTHY study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate shifts across BMI categories and associated changes in cardiometabolic risk factors over 2.5 years in an ethnically diverse middle school sample.

Methods

As part of HEALTHY, a multisite school-based study designed to mitigate risk for type 2 diabetes, 3993 children participated in health screenings at the start of sixth and end of eighth grades. Assessments included anthropometric measures, blood pressure, and glucose, insulin, and lipids. Students were classified as underweight, healthy weight, overweight, obese, or severely obese. Mixed models controlling for school intervention status and covariates were used to evaluate shifts in BMI category over time and the relation between these shifts and changes in risk factors.

Results

At baseline, st

SUBMITTER: Marcus MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3313640 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature