ReviewCurrent obesity reports2017
The Report Card on BMI Report Cards.
Review in Current obesity reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
- Weight Bias in Educational Settings: a Systematic Review.Current obesity reports · 2019Pooled it
- How public health practitioners in the UK are using parental guidance on talking to children about weight: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Shifting goalposts: widening discrepancies between girls' actual and ideal bodies predict disordered eating from preadolescence to adulthood.Development and psychopathology · 2025Article
- Children's views on weight measurement and talking about weight.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Biomechanics of the lower limb in patients with mild knee osteoarthritis during the sit-to-stand task.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- School-level self-reported versus objective measurements of body mass index in public high school students.Preventive medicine · 2023Article
- The societal costs and health impacts on obesity of BMI report cards in US schools.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Article
- De-implementing public health policies: a qualitative study of the process of implementing and then removing body mass index (BMI) report cards in Massachusetts public schools.Implementation science communications · 2023Article
- BMI Data Collection and Communication Practices in a Multistate Sample of Head Start Programs.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2022Article
- Critical Evaluation of the Case for Pausing California's School-based Fitness Testing.Health behavior and policy review · 2021Article
- Use of Machine Learning to Determine the Information Value of a BMI Screening Program.American journal of preventive medicine · 2021Article
- The impact of state policies for school-based BMI/fitness assessments on children's BMI outcomes in rural versus urban schools: Evidence from a natural experiment.Preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Self-perception of overweight and obesity: A review of mental and physical health outcomes.Obesity science & practice · 2020Review
- Association of parental identification of child overweight and mental health problems during childhood.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2020Article
- Parents Recall of, and Reactions to, School-Based BMI Reports.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2019Article
- Accuracy of School Staff-Measured Height and Weight Used for Body Mass Index Screening and Reporting.The Journal of school health · 2019Article
- Do Schools That Screen for Body Mass Index Have Recommended Safeguards in Place?The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses · 2019Article
- Parent Underestimation of Child Weight Status and Attitudes towards BMI Screening.Health behavior and policy review · 2019Article
- Addressing Weight Stigma and Opening Doors for a Patient-Centered Approach to Childhood Obesity.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2018Article
- Adolescents' Experiences with Being Weighed at School: A Qualitative Interview Study in Norway.Global qualitative nursing researchArticle
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purpose of reviewHalf of states in the USA have legislation requiring that schools conduct body mass index (BMI) screening among students; just under half of these states report results to parents. The effectiveness of school-based BMI screening and reporting in reducing childhood obesity is not established and the practice has raised concerns about the potential for increased weight-based stigmatization. RECENT
findingsRecent experimental studies of BMI screening and reporting have not demonstrated a positive impact on students' weight status. However, the language and formatting of BMI reports used in studies to date have been suboptimal and have likely limited the potential effectiveness of the practice. This article reviews the recent literature on school-based BMI screening and reporting and highlights important areas for future inquiry. The present review suggests that evidence to date is not sufficient to support definitive conclusions about the value of school-based BMI screening and reporting as a childhood obesity prevention tool.
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