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Direct linkKaestner, Robert; Grossman, Michael; Yarnoff, Benjamin – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009
In this paper, we investigate the association between weight and adolescent's educational attainment, as measured by highest grade attended, highest grade completed, and drop out status. Data for the study came from the 1997 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), which contains a large, national sample of teens between the…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Adolescents, Body Weight, Dropout Rate
Peer reviewedIsrael, Allen C.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987
Examined relationship between baseline adherence and attrition among families involved in a children's weight-loss program. Evaluated overall baseline adherence by the degree of families' completion of food intake and activity records. Anything but high adherence during baseline was predictive of dropout, suggesting that this is a useful index for…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Body Weight, Children, Dropout Characteristics
