Young-Jae Kim, Chanam Lee
Built and Natural Environmental Correlates of Parental Safety Concerns for Children's Active Travel to School
International journal of environmental research and public health
examine rates weightbased teasing initiation schoolbased childhood obesity prevention policies arkansas act 1220 2003 2 years following policy implementation well demographic factors related weightbased teasing analysis consecutive random crosssectional statewide telephone surveys conducted annually across 3 years sample representative arkansas public school students stratification geographic region school level elementary middle high school school size small medium large parents children enrolled arkansas public schools index adolescents 14 years older intervention statewide schoolbased obesity policies including body mass index screening survey items weightbased teasing teasing body weight height sociodemographic factors well school characteristics obtained common core data national center education statistics baseline 14 children experienced weightbased teasing parental report prevalence weightbased teasing change significantly baseline 2 years following schoolbased policy changes children adolescents likely teased weight overweight obese white female 14 years older well teased reasons adolescent report weightbased teasing yielded similar patterns although effectiveness schoolbased obesity prevention policies remains unclear policy changes lead increased weightbased teasing among children adolescents