Slusser Wendelin M, Cumberland William G, Browdy Ben L, Winham Donna M, Neumann Charlotte G
UCLA School of Public Health, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, USA.
Public Health Nutr. 2005 Apr;8(2):141-8. doi: 10.1079/phn2004675.
This study was undertaken to establish the prevalence and severity of nutritional problems among low-income children of elementary school age in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) in order to collect baseline data to inform policy-makers.
A cross-sectional survey of children in 14 elementary schools was conducted from January to June, 1998. Nine hundred and nineteen children were measured and interviewed. The planning, design and data analysis were carried out in collaboration with key LAUSD policy-makers.
More than 35% of the sample was classified as being at risk for overweight or overweight according to body mass index.
There is a high prevalence of children who are at risk for overweight or who are overweight in Los Angeles. This finding has triggered the development of multiple school-based intervention programmes.
开展本研究以确定洛杉矶联合学区（LAUSD）低收入小学适龄儿童营养问题的患病率及严重程度，从而收集基线数据为政策制定者提供参考。
1998年1月至6月对14所小学的儿童进行了横断面调查。对919名儿童进行了测量和访谈。规划、设计及数据分析与LAUSD的关键政策制定者合作开展。
根据体重指数，超过35%的样本被归类为有超重风险或超重。
洛杉矶有超重风险或超重的儿童患病率很高。这一发现促使开展了多个基于学校的干预项目。
