Overweight and Obesity Impair Academic Performance in Adolescence: A National Cohort Study of 10,279 Adolescents in China

Overweight and Obesity Impair Academic Performance in Adolescence: A National Cohort Study of 10,279 Adolescents in China

Objective This study aimed to examine the associations of overweight and obesity (ov/ob) and changes in weight status with academic performance among Chinese adolescents. Methods Self‐reported weight and height were collected from adolescents (n = 10,279) each year from seventh grade (baseline, 2013...

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Veröffentlicht in:Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Md.), 2020-07, Vol.28 (7), p.1301-1309
Hauptverfasser: Ma, Lu, Gao, Liwang, Chiu, Dorothy T., Ding, Yixin, Wang, Youfa, Wang, Weidong
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Academic achievement
Achievement tests
Adolescence
Age
Child development
Children & youth
Classrooms
Cohort analysis
Education
Gender
Obesity
Overweight
Schools
Students
Studies
Teams
Teenagers
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Zusammenfassung:Objective This study aimed to examine the associations of overweight and obesity (ov/ob) and changes in weight status with academic performance among Chinese adolescents. Methods Self‐reported weight and height were collected from adolescents (n = 10,279) each year from seventh grade (baseline, 2013‐2014) to ninth grade (2015‐2016). Academic performance included standardized scores on math, Chinese, and English examinations and responses to a school‐life experience scale. Results All adolescents with ov/ob had lower academic performance than their counterparts without overweight (β = −0.46 to −0.08; P 
ISSN:1930-7381
1930-739X
DOI:10.1002/oby.22801