The Prevalence of Overweight in Participants in High School Extramural Sports

Nicola Choate; Chris Forster; Jon Almquist; Cara Olsen; Merrily Poth

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.09.014

The Prevalence of Overweight in Participants in High School Extramural Sports

Nicola Choate^*, Chris Forster, Jon Almquist, Cara Olsen, Merrily Poth

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This study examines the body mass index (BMI) percentiles for age of 3970 male high school athletes. Overall, boys participating in sports had BMI percentiles similar to the general population. However, the prevalence of overweight in boys playing certain sports, particularly football, but also wrestling and crew, was higher than the general population.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	283-285
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume	40
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.09.014
State	Published - Mar 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Body mass index
Football
High school sports
Obesity
Overweight

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