School-Based Body Mass Index Screening and Parent Notification
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School-based body mass index screening and parent notification: a statewide natural experiment.
OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of body mass index (BMI) screening with parental notification on weight status for California public school students. DESIGN A natural experiment wherein nearly all California school districts conducted annual BMI screening in the fifth, seventh, and ninth grades, but parental notification of BMI screening results was optional. SETTING Data from mandatory fitn...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1072-4710
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.127