Highlights
- •A school's overall overweight or obesity rate is a useful health indicator.
- •Social determinants are used to explain the obesity variance between schools.
- •A major social determinant of obesity is the proportion of Hispanics in a school.
- •Number of fast foods and a school's academic ranking showed slight impact.
- •Spatial location of school is not significant, controlling for other determinants.
Abstract
Objective
This study analyzes the social determinants associated with the overweight or obesity
prevalence of 85 elementary schools during the 2010–11 academic year in a predominantly
Hispanic school district.
Methods
A binomial logistic regression is used to analyze the aggregate overweight or obesity
rate of a school by the percent of Hispanic students in each school, selected school
and neighborhood characteristics, and its geographical location.
Results
The proportion of Hispanic enrollment more readily explains a school's aggregate overweight
or obesity rate than social determinants or spatial location. Number of fast food
establishments and the academic ranking of a school appear to slightly impact the
aggregate prevalence rate. Spatial location of school is not a significant factor,
controlling for other determinants.
Conclusions
An elementary school's overall overweight or obesity rate provides a valuable health
indicator to study the social determinants of obesity among Hispanics and other students
within a local neighborhood.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: August 19, 2017
Accepted:
August 9,
2017
Received in revised form:
August 2,
2017
Received:
April 1,
2017
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