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The Relationship of School Absenteeism with Body Mass Index, Academic Achievement, and Socioeconomic Status among Fourth-Grade Children
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Baxter, Suzanne D.; Royer, Julie A.; Hardin, James W.; Guinn, Caroline H.; Devlin, Christina M. – Journal of School Health, 2011
Background: Data from a school-based study concerning fourth-grade children's dietary recall accuracy were linked with data from the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) through the South Carolina Budget and Control Board Office of Research and Statistics (ORS) to investigate the relationships of children's school absenteeism with body…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Correlation
Anthropometric Characteristics of Columbia, South Carolina, Youth Baseball Players and Dixie Youth World Series Players
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French, Karen E.; Spurgeon, John H.; Nevett, Michael E. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2007
The purpose of this study was to compare measures of body size in two samples of youth baseball players with normative data from the United States National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) growth charts. One sample of youth baseball players participated in a local little league. The second sample of youth baseball players were members of eight…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Maturity (Individuals), Body Composition, Body Height
Body Size and Form of Black and White Female Youths Measured during 1974-1975 at Columbia, South Carolina
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Meredith, Howard V.; Spurgeon, John H. – Child Development, 1976
From original data at age 13 years on 386 North American females, statistics are presented for 10 somatic variables. Findings are compared with those of other studies. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Blacks, Body Height, Body Weight, Elementary Education