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Use of BMI criteria for weight screening among surveyed pediatricians was suboptimal.
The doctor's office was most frequently endorsed for weight screening, with two-thirds (66.2%) of students indicating it was suitable.
Provision of a "comfortable" setting for weight screening could mitigate the potentially harmful effects of weight screening.
However, it is noteworthy that when given the opportunity to select locations for weight screening, 78.2% of students did not identify physical education class, 85.3% did not identify the school nurse's office, and 69.4% did not identify either of these school venues as an appropriate location.
The self-administered survey was completed individually by all students, except for the 23(2.3%) students whose parents had opted out on their behalf and those who were absent (n = 111) from school on the day their class was scheduled for weight screening; no students refused to complete the survey.
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Whether behavioral intention translates into action is a key, yet untested, argument for school-based weight screening.
The early enthusiasm for school-based weight screening as a tool to help combat the obesity epidemic was tempered by concern about the potential for unintended negative consequences.
For newborns of normal birth weight, screened ≥24 hr of age, the OR for high TSH was also not elevated (POR = 0.74; 95% CI, 0.37 1.33).
For schools that conduct weight screening, it is essential that they also provide comfortable and private settings as well as education or counseling regarding healthy weight control practices.
The study protocol for the evaluation of school-based weight screening was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Cambridge Health Alliance.
Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the relation between comfort with weight screening and weight status while controlling for gender, age, and race/ethnicity.
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