Response to commentary by Skinner et al. on Regression to the Mean (RTM) in Burke et al.

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Commentary

Julie Gazmararian¹  Rachel M Burke¹  Christi Kay² 

[1] Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA;HealthMPowers, Atlanta, GA, USA;

关键词: Physical Activity;    Academic Achievement;    Obese Child;    Physical Fitness;    Parent Involvement;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12966-015-0220-6

 received in 2015-04-08, accepted in 2015-04-29,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

This letter is a response to commentary by Skinner et al. on an evaluation by Burke et al. of the HealthMPowers program, an elementary-school-based program developed to improve child health and wellness. In their commentary, Skinner et al. make the criticism that our results for changes in BMI-for-Age Z score were simply reflective of Regression to the Mean (RTM). In this response, we show that while some of our results are consistent with RTM, with adjustment we do still observe some small effects in BMI-for-Age Z score over the course of the school year. We conclude that while our evaluation was not definitive, we still believe that programs of similar design to HealthMPowers merit further rigorous study.

【 授权许可】

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