Gabriela Juliane Bueno, Carolina Alves Ferreira Carvalho, Clara Regina Brandão de Ávila
Capacity for self-monitoring reading comprehension in Elementary School
CoDAS
determined current trends patterns overweight obesity extreme high obesity among pennsylvania prekindergarten prek 12th grade students simulated future trends analyzed body mass index bmi prek 12th grade students 43 67 pennsylvania counties 2007 2011 determine trends discern transition patterns among bmi status categories 2009 2011 vinsem simulation confirmed markov chain modeling generated future prevalence trends combined rates overweight obesity extreme high obesity decreased among secondary school students across 5 years among elementary students first increased markedly decreased bmi status remained constant approximately 80 normal extreme high obese students decreased increased among students initially overweight obese increase bmi remained significant overall trends child adolescent bmi status seemed positive bmi transition patterns indicated although overweight obesity prevalence leveled extreme high obesity especially among elementary students projected increase substantially time current transition patterns continue prevalence overweight obesity extreme high obesity among pennsylvania students 2031 projected 160 66 232 respectively