Open AccessEffect of School-Based Body Mass Index Reporting in California Public Schools
Author(s) -
Kristine A. Madsen,
Hannah R. Thompson,
Jennifer Linchey,
Lorrene D. Ritchie,
Shalika Gupta,
Dianne NeumarkSztainer,
Patricia B. Crawford,
Charles E. McCulloch,
Ana Ibarra-Castro
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jama pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.004
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 2168-6211
pISSN - 2168-6203
DOI - 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.4768
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , percentile , demography , population , randomized controlled trial , family medicine , gerontology , pediatrics , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , sociology
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.
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