Niguss Cherie, Yawkal Tsega, Anissa Mohammed, Zinet Abegaz, Abel Endawkie, Yeshimebet Ali Dawed, Natnael Kebede
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background obesity weakly associated negative academic achievement among schoolaged children purpose study demonstrate relationships readingmathematics scores objective teachers perception learning ability subjective childhood obesityfrom kindergarten fifth grade methods study examined longitudinal study nationally representative sample 18174 children enrolled kindergarten 2010 united states eclsk2011 weighted multiple logistic regression models used examine associations objective scores subjective scores obesity vs healthyweight children results crude analyses obesity negatively associated achieving abovemedian reading mathematics scores adjusting sex raceethnicity age socioeconomic status ses association weakened still present children obesity less likely achieve abovemedian reading mathematics scores healthyweight peers odds ratio 077 086 reading 085 067 079 082 075 mathematics similarly teachers reported children obesity approaches learning attentional focusing good healthyweight peers regardless objective test scores ses 082 080 078 069 077 approaches learning 080 081 083 082 080 074 attentional focusing conclusions obesity elementary school years negatively associated objective subjective measures academic performance studies needed understand connection stemming behavioral issues children weightbased bias teachers