Scott D Gest, Kelly L Rulison, Alice J Davidson, Janet A Welsh
A reputation for success (or failure): the association of peer academic reputations with academic self-concept, effort, and performance across the upper elementary grades
Developmental psychology
current epidemic childhood obesity described driven modern lifestyles associated socioeconomic environmental changes modify dietary habits discourage physical activity encourage sedentary behaviors evaluate association household income availability electronic devices transport home values waist circumference wc indicator abdominal obesity children adolescents bucaramanga colombia crosssectional study public elementary high school population lowmiddle socioeconomic status total 668 schoolchildren recruited adjusting potential confounders significant positive associations waist circumference higher household income p 0011 waist circumference availability electronic devices transport home p 0026 found lowmiddle socioeconomic status schoolchildren developing country relatively affluent families greater waist circumference association opposite observed developed countries finding could related higher income familys ability purchase electronic devices motorized transport discourage physical activity children buy desirable costly western fast food