2007-04-26 11:33:06Ame.
070108 科技英語簡報 。
這個只是把舊的東西放上來做後備,別管它。
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Low food security affects school children’s academic performance, weight gain, and social skills.
低糧食保障對美國學齡兒童的認知、學習能力和體重增加等影響
Reporter : Alice Lam / N4 / #492420642
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INTRODUCTION
1.food insecurity without hunger (不致飢餓的糧食不足)
迳 low food security (低糧食保障)
2. developmental trajectory (發育軌跡)
academic performance
weight gain / overweight
social skills
STUDY-1
Objects & Methods
* 21000 children entering kindergarten in 1998 & following to their 3rd grade
* Using Longitudinal Cohort Study
* Food insecurity 迳parent interview / modification of the USDA module
* Children’s academic performance, height, and weight were assessed directly
* Social skills were reported by teachers
* Households were grouped into 4 categories / fixed-effects models
Outcomes
* food sufficient relates to good academic performance, social skills and good developmental trajectory
* low food security with ill effects
STUDY-2
Objects & Methods
* Using the Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) to analysis
* 6 to 11 year-old children and 12 to 16 year-old teenagers of US
Using Regression analyses
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Food insufficiency / cognitive / academic / and psychosocial measures in general
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and then within lower-risk and higher-risk groups
Results
* 6- to 11-year-old food-insufficient children :
significantly lower arithmetic scores
likely to have repeated a grade
having difficulty getting along with other children
* Food-insufficient teenagers :
suspended from school,
having difficulty getting along with other children
* Further analyses:
divided children into lower-risk / higher-risk grps
Conclusions
Negative academic and psychosocial outcomes are associated with family-level food insufficiency
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REFERENCES
1. Jyoti DF, Frongillo4 EA and Jones SJ (2005) Food insecurity affects school children’s academic performance, weight gain, and social skills. J Nutr 135:2831-2839.
2. Alaimo K, Olson CM, and Frongillo EA Jr (2001) Food insufficiency and american school-aged children’s cognitive, academic, and psychosocial development. Pediatr 108: 4-53.
3. Casey PH, Mda and Simpson PM (2006) The association of shild and household food insecurity with childhood overweight status. Pediatr 118:1406-1413.
4. Jones SJ, Jahns L and Laraia BA (2003) Lower risk of overweight in school-aged food insecure girls who participate in food assistance. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 157:780-784.
Objects & Methods
* Using the Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) to analysis
* 6 to 11 year-old children and 12 to 16 year-old teenagers of US
Using Regression analyses
↓
Food insufficiency / cognitive / academic / and psychosocial measures in general
↓
and then within lower-risk and higher-risk groups
Results
* 6- to 11-year-old food-insufficient children :
significantly lower arithmetic scores
likely to have repeated a grade
having difficulty getting along with other children
* Food-insufficient teenagers :
suspended from school,
having difficulty getting along with other children
* Further analyses:
divided children into lower-risk / higher-risk grps
Conclusions
Negative academic and psychosocial outcomes are associated with family-level food insufficiency
_________________________________
REFERENCES
1. Jyoti DF, Frongillo4 EA and Jones SJ (2005) Food insecurity affects school children’s academic performance, weight gain, and social skills. J Nutr 135:2831-2839.
2. Alaimo K, Olson CM, and Frongillo EA Jr (2001) Food insufficiency and american school-aged children’s cognitive, academic, and psychosocial development. Pediatr 108: 4-53.
3. Casey PH, Mda and Simpson PM (2006) The association of shild and household food insecurity with childhood overweight status. Pediatr 118:1406-1413.
4. Jones SJ, Jahns L and Laraia BA (2003) Lower risk of overweight in school-aged food insecure girls who participate in food assistance. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 157:780-784.