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Social competence and obesity in elementary school

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  • Jackson, S.L.
  • Cunningham, S.A.

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Objectives: We examined the relationship between children's weight and social competence. Methods: We used data from the third- and fifth-grade waves of the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (n = 8346) to examine changes in children's weight and social competence. Results: Obesity in third grade was not associated with subsequent changes in social competence between third and fifth grade, but social competence in third grade was associated with subsequent development of obesity. Among normalweight children, having higher social competence in third grade was associated with lower odds of becoming overweight (odds ratio [OR]=0.80 60.09; P

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  • Jackson, S.L. & Cunningham, S.A., 2015. "Social competence and obesity in elementary school," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 105(1), pages 153-158.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2014.302208)_5
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302208)
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    1. Elvar S. Saevarsson & Vaka Rognvaldsdottir & Runa Stefansdottir & Erlingur Johannsson, 2021. "Organized Sport Participation, Physical Activity, Sleep and Screen Time in 16-Year-Old Adolescents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(6), pages 1-10, March.
    2. Michelle Black & Amy Barnes & Mark Strong & Anna Brook & Anna Ray & Ben Holden & Clare Foster & David Taylor-Robinson, 2021. "Relationships between Child Development at School Entry and Adolescent Health—A Participatory Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(21), pages 1-36, November.

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