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describe obesityrisk behaviours diet physical activity sedentary behaviour examine relationships obesityrisk behaviours body mass index bmi schoolaged korean american children korean american children risk becoming overweight obese developing obesityrelated complications however limited research obesityrisk behaviours korean american children crosssectional study obesityrisk behaviours children assessed wellvalidated selfreport questionnaires ie elementarylevel schoolbased nutrition monitoring questionnaire children mothers height weight children measured data analysed bivariate multivariate analyses using mixed effects models incorporate correlation within siblings total 170 korean american children mean age 109 20 years 524 girls mean bmi 193 32 287 85 percentiles participated study 383 korean american children met established recommendations five fruitsvegetables per day 565 met recommendations 3 days per week vigorous physical activity 408 met recommendations 2 hr recreational screen time per day sixty per cent 888 children met recommendation sleep weekday weekend respectively screen time positively associated child bmi zscore 008 p 03 healthcare providers need aware increased rate overweight obesity korean american children initiate clinical interventions improve obesityrisk behaviours especially sedentary behaviour korean american children clinical assessment management risk developing overweight obesity well obesityrelated behaviours important improve obesityrelated complications overall korean americans