Body Weight and Academic Achievement: The Role of Weight Diversity in Urban Middle Schools

School Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 253-260

  Lessard, Leah M ^a   Juvonen, Jaana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

academic achievement; body mass index; middle school; overweight; weight diversity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC SUCCESS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL STIGMA; STUDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACADEMIC SUCCESS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL STIGMA; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85072146183     PISSN: 25784218     EISSN: 25784226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/spq0000317     Document Type: Article

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