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• Are children in self-care more obese, do they miss more school days, and do they make more visits to the school health office than children not in self-care? We undertook a cross-sectional survey of students in ten public elementary schools in Tucson over a two-year period in an attempt to answer these questions. The sample included 503 fifth-grade students, 137 in self-care and 366 not in self-care. Demographic information and data on school absences were obtained from school records. Physical examinations were performed at school. Obesity was assessed using the body mass index calculation, in which body mass index = (body weight in kilograms)/(height in meters)2. Every visit to the school health office during the 1985-1986 and 1986-1987 school years was recorded for each child. There were no differences in age between those in the self-care and adult-care groups. Boys were more likely to be in self-care, as were non-Hispanic children. There were no differences in weight, body mass index, school days missed, or visits to the school health office between children in self-care and those in adult care. Our findings suggest that, by the criteria used in this study, 11-year-old children in self-care do not suffer more ill health than their counterparts in adult care.
(AJDC 1989;143:112-115)
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