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Obesity‐risk behaviours and their associations with body mass index (BMI) in Korean American children

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  • Myoungock Jang
  • Margaret Grey
  • Lois Sadler
  • Sangchoon Jeon
  • Soohyun Nam
  • Hee‐Jung Song
  • Robin Whittemore

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Aims and objectives To describe obesity‐risk behaviours (diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviour) and examine the relationships of the obesity‐risk behaviours with body mass index (BMI) in school‐aged Korean American children. Background Korean American children have a risk of becoming overweight or obese and developing obesity‐related complications; however, there is limited research about obesity‐risk behaviours in Korean American children. Design A cross‐sectional study. Methods Obesity‐risk behaviours of children were assessed with well‐validated self‐report questionnaires (i.e., Elementary‐level School‐based Nutrition Monitoring Questionnaire) from children and their mothers. Height and weight of children were measured. Data were analysed with bivariate and multivariate analyses using mixed effects models to incorporate the correlation within siblings. Results A total of 170 Korean American children (mean age 10.9 [2.0] years; 52.4% girls; mean BMI 19.3 [3.2]; 28.7% ≥85 percentiles) participated in the study. Only 38.3% of Korean American children met established recommendations of five fruits/vegetables per day; 56.5% met recommendations for more than 3 days per week of vigorous physical activity; and 40.8% met recommendations for

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  • Myoungock Jang & Margaret Grey & Lois Sadler & Sangchoon Jeon & Soohyun Nam & Hee‐Jung Song & Robin Whittemore, 2018. "Obesity‐risk behaviours and their associations with body mass index (BMI) in Korean American children," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(17-18), pages 3408-3417, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:27:y:2018:i:17-18:p:3408-3417
    DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13982
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