Kayla R Vanderkruk, Lorna E Deeth, Zeny Feng, Lise A Trotz-Williams
ATQ: alert time quality, an evaluation metric for assessing timely epidemic detection models within a school absenteeism-based surveillance system
BMC public health
purpose study investigate relationship meeting step count recommendations weekday weekend weight status schoolaged children convenience sample 855 fourth fifth grade students 97 10 years recruited 4 elementary schools located western united states body mass index bmi calculated using standard procedures stratified weight status categories healthy weight overweightobese using age sexspecific percentiles step counts monitored seven consecutive days using nl1000 piezoelectric pedometers multilevel generalized linear mixed effect model used estimate odds ratios meeting segmented step counts recommendations weight status students meeting weekday step count recommendations associated 39 lower odds overweightobesity compared meeting recommendations p 002 meeting weekday weekend recommendations associated 67 lower odds overweightobesity compared children meeting recommendations p 001 meeting weekend step count recommendations associate weight status study supports positive relationship segmented step counts healthy weight status schoolaged children