Change of school in early adolescence and adverse obesity-related dietary behavior: a longitudinal cohort study, Victoria, Australia, 2013-2014 Marks, Jennifer, Barnett, Lisa M.  and Allender, Steven 2015, Change of school in early adolescence and adverse obesity-related dietary behavior: a longitudinal cohort study, Victoria, Australia, 2013-2014, Preventing chronic diseases: public health research, practice, and policy, vol. 12, Article Number : E145, pp. 1-11, doi: 10.5888/pcd12.150042. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Change of school in early adolescence and adverse obesity-related dietary behavior: a longitudinal cohort study, Victoria, Australia, 2013-2014 Author(s) Marks, Jennifer orcid.org/0000-0002-4551-7332 Barnett, Lisa M.  orcid.org/0000-0002-9731-625X Allender, Steven orcid.org/0000-0002-4842-3294 Journal name Preventing chronic diseases: public health research, practice, and policy Volume number 12 Season Article Number : E145 Start page 1 End page 11 Total pages 11 Publisher National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Place of publication Atlanta, Ga. Publication date 2015-09-10 ISSN 1545-1151 Summary INTRODUCTION: Environments that facilitate energy-dense, nutrient-poor diets are associated with childhood obesity. We examined the effect of a change of school environment on the prevalence of obesity and related dietary behavior in early adolescence. METHODS: Fifteen schools in Victoria, Australia, were recruited at random from the bottom 2 strata of a 5-level socioeconomic scale. In 9 schools, students in grade 6 primary school transitioned to different schools for grade 7 secondary school, whereas in 6 schools, students remained in the same school from grade 6 to grade 7. Time 1 measures were collected from students (N = 245) in grade 6 (aged 11-13 y). Time 2 data were collected from 243 (99%) of the original cohort in grade 7. Data collected were dietary recall self-reported by students via questionnaire, measured height and weight of students, and aspects of the school food environment via school staff survey. Comparative and mixed model regression analyses were conducted. RESULTS: Of 243 students, 63% (n = 152) changed schools from time 1 to time 2, with no significant difference in weight status. Students who changed schools reported an increase in purchases of after-school snack food, greater sweetened beverage intake, fewer fruit-and-vegetable classroom breaks, and less encouragement for healthy eating compared with students who remained in the same school. School staff surveys showed that more primary than secondary schools had written healthy canteen policies and fewer days of canteen or food services operation. CONCLUSION: A change of school environment has negative effects on children's obesity-related dietary behavior. Consistent policy is needed across school types to support healthy eating in school environments. Language eng DOI 10.5888/pcd12.150042 Field of Research 111712 Health Promotion Socio Economic Objective 920205 Health Education and Promotion HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30079363 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health Population Health Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 06 Nov 2015, 07:08:38 EST Fri, 06 Nov 2015, 07:09:36 EST Sat, 07 Nov 2015, 04:00:08 EST Mon, 09 Nov 2015, 08:01:12 EST Tue, 10 Nov 2015, 05:11:38 EST Fri, 11 Dec 2015, 13:35:03 EST Tue, 15 Dec 2015, 09:35:17 EST Wed, 16 Dec 2015, 05:12:40 EST Mon, 09 May 2016, 11:43:38 EST Mon, 18 Jul 2016, 15:47:55 EST Wed, 07 Sep 2016, 10:38:48 EST Wed, 09 Nov 2016, 11:34:01 EST Sun, 10 Nov 2019, 16:37:55 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 3 times in TR Web of Science Cited 4 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 570 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 06 Nov 2015, 07:09:36 EST

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