Can school health check-ups serve as screening tool for growth anomalies and obesity in children?

Stoupa, Athanasia; Goischke, Alexandra; Garcin, Camille; Elie, Caroline; Viaud, Magali; Théry, Anne; Richard, Geneviève; Polak, Michel

doi:10.1515/jpem-2014-0530

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Can school health check-ups serve as screening tool for growth anomalies and obesity in children?

ContributorsStoupa, Athanasia; Goischke, Alexandra; Garcin, Camille; Elie, Caroline; Viaud, Magali; Théry, Anne; Richard, Geneviève; Polak, Michel

Published inJournal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism, vol. 28, no. 9-10, p. 1115-1121

Publication date2015

Abstract

To evaluate the prevalence of growth disorders and obesity in schoolchildren and determine whether school health check-ups are effective in their screening. Subjects-methods: Analysis of anonymized growth and body mass index (BMI) data from 2887 children attending the 3rd grade from 2008 to 2009 after selection of 75 elementary schools in Paris.

Keywords

Children
France
Growth disorders
Growth monitoring
Obesity
School screening

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

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STOUPA, Athanasia et al. Can school health check-ups serve as screening tool for growth anomalies and obesity in children? In: Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism, 2015, vol. 28, n° 9-10, p. 1115–1121. doi: 10.1515/jpem-2014-0530

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PID : unige:83878
DOI : 10.1515/jpem-2014-0530
PMID : 26030786

ISSN of the journal0334-018X

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