Obesity, High-Calorie Food Intake, and Academic Achievement Trends Among U.S. School Children

The authors investigated children's self-reported high-calorie food intake in Grade 5 and its relationship to trends in obesity status and academic achievement over the first 6 years of school. They used 3-level hierarchical linear models in the large-scale database (the Early Childhood Longitu...

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Published in:The Journal of educational research (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2012-09, Vol.105 (6), p.391-403
Main Authors: Li, Jian, O'Connell, Ann A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Correlation
Diet
early childhood study
Eating Habits
Elementary education
Elementary School Students
Fast food
Food
food quality
Grade 5
hierarchical linear modeling
Kindergarten
Longitudinal Studies
longitudinal study
Mathematics
Mathematics Achievement
Mathematics education
mathematics/reading trajectory
Obesity
Reading Achievement
Reading instruction
Scores
Statistical Analysis
Student Attitudes
Trend Analysis
Trends
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Summary:The authors investigated children's self-reported high-calorie food intake in Grade 5 and its relationship to trends in obesity status and academic achievement over the first 6 years of school. They used 3-level hierarchical linear models in the large-scale database (the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort). Findings indicated that frequency of eating fast food in Grade 5 was negatively related to mathematics and reading scores at Grade 5 and to the grow rate in both subjects. Frequency of obtaining salty snacks at school was moderately and negatively related to mathematics performance at Grade 5. School vending machines were not significantly associated with academic achievement patterns or obesity status. These results are informative of trends worth further investigation through prospective models.
ISSN:0022-0671
1940-0675
DOI:10.1080/00220671.2011.646359