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Increased adiposity as a potential risk factor for lower academic performance: A cross-sectional study in chilean adolescents from low-to-middle socioeconomic background
Fecha
2018Registro en:
Nutrients, Volumen 10, Issue 9, 2018,
20726643
10.3390/nu10091133
Autor
Correa-Burrows, Paulina
Rodriguez, Yanina
Blanco, Estela
Gahagan, Sheila
Burrows, Raquel
Institución
Resumen
© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. We explored the association between excess body fat and academic performance in high school students from Santiago, Chile. In 632 16-year-olds (51% males) from low-to-middle socioeconomic status (SES), height, weight, and waist circumference were measured. Body-mass index (BMI) and BMI for age and sex were calculated. Weight status was evaluated with 2007 World Health Organization (WHO) references. Abdominal obesity was diagnosed with International Diabetes Federation (IDF) references. Total fat mass (TFM) was measured with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). TFM values ≥25% in males and ≥35% in females were considered high adiposity. School grades were obtained from administrative records. Analysis of covariance examined the association of fatness measures with academic performance, accounting for the effect of diet and physical activity, and controlling SES background and educational confounders. We found that: (1) having