Table 2.

Associations of weight-related health education curricula with school-level use of extreme weight control behaviors by junior-senior high school and high school students in Minnesota, 2010^a

	Model 1b		Model 2c
Topic addressed as part of required coursework	β (SE)d	P value	β (SE)d	P value
Risks of unhealthy weight control practices	0.006 (0.012)	0.648	0.012 (0.012)	0.299
Accepting body size differences	−0.002 (0.007)	0.817	−0.002 (0.007)	0.831
Eating disorders	−0.028 (0.010)	0.008	−0.024 (0.010)	0.015
All 3 topics	−0.015 (0.007)	0.034	−0.012 (0.007)	0.067

^aAnalyses represent a sample of 141 schools and 33,967 students in grades 9 and 12. The models included only secondary schools that participated in both the 2010 Minnesota School Health Profiles teacher survey and the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey.

^bModels 1 and 2 include adjustment for school minority enrollment (%), free/reduced-price school meal eligibility (%), and school location.

^cModel 2 additionally includes adjustment for school prevalence of overweight/obesity (%).

^dSE=standard error

β is the estimated adjusted difference in the mean percent of students using extreme weight control behaviors between schools including the indicated topic (or all 3 topics) and reference schools that do not include the topic (or fewer than 3 topics).