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Is bigger really better? Obesity among high school football players, player position, and team success.

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Skinner, Asheley Cockrell
Hasty, Stephanie E
Turner, Robert W
Dreibelbis, Mark
Lohr, Jacob A
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OBJECTIVE: American football is one of the most common high school sports in the United States. We examine obesity among high school football players, and variations based on positions, team division, and team success. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We used 2 data sets from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (n = 2026) and MaxPreps (n = 6417). We examined body mass index, calculated using coach-reported height and weight, by player position, division, and success based on win-loss percentage. RESULTS: Most players (62%) were skill players, with 35% linemen and 3% punters/kickers. Most skill players (62%) were healthy weight and 4% obese or morbidly obese. In contrast, only 8% of linemen were healthy weight, with 21% morbidly obese. Team success was correlated with size only for skill players. CONCLUSIONS: Obesity is a significant problem for high school football players. Pediatricians should consider the context of football playing in assessing long-term health risks for these young men.
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Journal article
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adolescents
obesity
physical activity
Adolescent
Body Mass Index
Football
Humans
Male
North Carolina
Obesity
Overweight
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/14018
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10.1177/0009922813492880
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Skinner, Asheley Cockrell; Hasty, Stephanie E; Turner, Robert W; Dreibelbis, Mark; & Lohr, Jacob A (2013). Is bigger really better? Obesity among high school football players, player position, and team success. Clin Pediatr (Phila), 52(10). pp. 922-928. 10.1177/0009922813492880. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/14018.
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Asheley Cockrell Skinner

Professor in Population Health Sciences
Areas of expertise: Health Services Research, Implementation Science, Health Policy and Epidemiology Asheley Cockrell Skinner, PhD, is a health services researcher whose work addresses a variety of population health issues, particularly implementation of programs to improve the health of vulnerable populations. She is currently an Associate Professor at Duke University in Population Health Sciences. She received her PhD in 2007 in Health Policy and Administration at the Universit
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