A repeated cross-sectional study examining the school impact on child weight status.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study is to examine whether there is a differential impact of primary schools upon children's weight status.

Methods

A repeated cross-sectional study was undertaken using five years (2006/07-2010/11) of National Child Measurement Programme data, comprising 57,976 children (aged 4-5 (Reception) and 10-11 (Year 6) years) from 300 primary schools across Devon, England. Examining each year separately, the schools were ranked according to their observed and residual (having accounted for school and neighbourhood clustering and pupil ethnicity and socioeconomic status) school mean body mass index standard deviation score (BMI-SDS). Subtracting the Reception from the Year 6 mean residuals gave 'value-added' scores for each school which were also ranked. Th

SUBMITTER: Williams AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4070023 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature