Altman Emily, Linchey Jennifer, Santamaria Gabriel, Thompson Hannah R, Madsen Kristine A
School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
J Nutr Educ Behav. 2022 Mar;54(3):249-254. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2021.11.007.
To examine how body mass index assessments are conducted in schools and whether student comfort with assessments varies by students' perceived weight status, weight satisfaction, or privacy during measurements.
In-person cross-sectional surveys with diverse fourth- to eighth-grade students (n = 11,510) in 54 California schools in 2014-2015 about their experience being weighed in the prior school year.
Half of the students (49%) reported being weighed by a physical education teacher and 28% by a school nurse. Students were more comfortable being weighed by nurses than physical education teachers (P = 0.01). Only 30% of students reported privacy during measurements. Students who were unhappy with their weight (P <0.001) and those who perceived themselves as overweight (P <0.001) were less comfortable being weighed than their peers.
Student weight dissatisfaction, higher perceived weight status, and being female were associated with discomfort with school-based weight measurements. Prioritizing school nurses to conduct weight measurements could mitigate student discomfort, and particular attention should be paid to students who are unhappy with their weight to avoid weight stigmatization.
探讨学校如何进行体重指数评估，以及学生对评估的舒适度是否因学生自认为的体重状况、体重满意度或测量过程中的隐私情况而有所不同。
2014 - 2015年，对加利福尼亚州54所学校四至八年级的不同学生（n = 11510）进行面对面横断面调查，了解他们上一学年称重的经历。
一半的学生（49%）报告称是由体育老师称重，28%是由学校护士称重。学生被护士称重时比被体育老师称重时更自在（P = 0.01）。只有30%的学生报告在测量过程中有隐私保护。对自己体重不满意的学生（P < 0.001）和自认为超重的学生（P < 0.001）在称重时比同龄人更不自在。
学生对体重的不满、较高的自认为体重状况以及女性身份与对学校体重测量的不适感相关。优先安排学校护士进行体重测量可以减轻学生的不适，对于对自己体重不满意的学生应给予特别关注，以避免体重歧视。
