Effect of School-Based Body Mass Index Reporting in California Public Schools: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Annually, US schools screen millions of students' body mass index (BMI) and report the results to parents, with little experimental evidence on potential benefits and harms.

Objective

To determine the impact of school-based BMI reporting on weight status and adverse outcomes (weight stigmatization and weight-related perceptions and behaviors) among a diverse student population.

Design, setting, and participants

Cluster randomized clinical trial. The Fit Study (2014-2017) randomized 79 California schools to BMI screening and reporting (group 1), BMI screening only (group 2), or control (no BMI screening or reporting [group 3]) in grades 3 to 8. The setting was California elementary and middle schools. Students in grades 3 to 7 at baseline participated for up

SUBMITTER: Madsen KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7670394 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature