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Children’s weight and participation in organized sports
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Aims: Literature dealing with the impact of organized sports on children’s weight has been marked by a lack of consensus. A major weakness characterizing most of this research is a lack of proper measurement methods. This paper seeks to fill an important knowledge gap through careful application of econometric methods. Methods: Estimations are carried out using data on 1,400 children attending 6th grade in 2008 in the municipality of Aalborg, Denmark. We use standard ordinary least squares (OLS) and class fixed effects to explore the effect of sports participation on body mass index (BMI) as well as underweight, overweight and obesity. Results: Results indicate that participation in organized sports reduced BMI by 2.1%. Likewise it reduced the likelihood of being overweight by 8.2 percentage points and obese by 3.1 percentage points. Conclusions: It is the unique dataset combined with econometric methods that distinguishes our contribution from that of others in the field, thereby offering new insight. Results using statistically sound methods suggest that participation in organized sports has a beneficial effect on children’s weight.
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Children tend to gain more weight over the summer, especially children who are not enrolled in structured summer camps and activities.
“Also, children tend to gain more weight over the summer, especially children who are not enrolled in structured summer camps and activities [20–23].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Quinto Romani, A.
- Affiliations
- Department of Sociology, Social Work and Organisation, Aalborg University, Denmark,
- Venue
- Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2011-09-26
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 687-695
- ISSN
- 1403-4948 (ISSN-L)
- 1651-1905
- OpenAlex
- W2105583298
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 3.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Scandinavian Journal of Public Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
- Social Sciences › Life-span and Life-course Studies › Recreational Sport and Physical Activity
- Keywords
- organized sport, children's weight, body mass index, childhood obesity, overweight, underweight, physical activity, sixth grade students, Aalborg
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Body Weight, Child, Child, Preschool, Denmark, Female, Humans, Male, Physical Education and Training, Socioeconomic Factors, Sports, Thinness, Models, Statistical, Body Mass Index, Overweight
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