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2020 · Commentary · Preventive medicine reports

Questions on 'Intervention effects of a kindergarten-based health promotion programme on obesity related behavioural outcomes and BMI percentiles'

Colby J Vorland; Andrew W Brown; Chanaka N Kahathuduwa; John A Dawson; Nana Gletsu-Miller; Theodore K Kyle; Lehana Thabane; David B Allison

Raises questions about a kindergarten health-promotion study and its reported effects on obesity-related behaviors and body-mass-index percentiles.

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Statistical rigorNutrition & aging

obesity · pediatrics · public-health

Author affiliations & identifiers
  • Colby J Vorland: Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.; Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.; Department of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.; Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.; ConscienHealth, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
  • Andrew W Brown: Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.; Department of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.; Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.; ConscienHealth, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
  • Chanaka N Kahathuduwa: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.; Department of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.; Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.; ConscienHealth, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
  • John A Dawson: Department of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.; Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.; ConscienHealth, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
  • Nana Gletsu-Miller: Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.; ConscienHealth, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
  • Theodore K Kyle: ConscienHealth, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
  • Lehana Thabane: Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
  • David B Allison: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
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