The association between higher body mass index and poor school performance in high school students

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages e27-e29

  Tonetti, L ^a   Fabbri, M ^b   Filardi, M ^a   Martoni, M ^a   Natale, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body mass index; School performance; Sleep duration; Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; STUDENTS;

EID: 84999208650     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12075     Document Type: Article

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