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Health Topics
Childhood Obesity
Fact Sheets
National Fact Sheets
The Childhood Obesity United States [pdf—159k] fact sheet combines results from the 2007 national
YRBS and SHPPS
2006 to
- Identify the percent of high school students who are obese, engage
in unhealthy dietary behaviors, or are physically inactive.
- Describe characteristics of health education, physical education and
activity, and the school environment among U.S. high schools that may
help address the problem.
State and Large Urban School District Fact Sheets*
These fact sheets combine results from the 2007 state and district
YRBS and
2008 state and district Profiles to
- Identify the percent of high school students who are obese, engage
in unhealthy dietary behaviors, or are physically inactive.
- Describe state and local characteristics of health education,
physical education, opportunities for physical activity, and the school
environment among middle and high schools that may help address the
problem.
The following documents are in Portable
Document Format.* [approximately 100K-200K]
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Arizona |
Nevada |
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Arkansas |
New Hampshire |
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Connecticut |
New York |
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Delaware |
North Carolina |
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Florida |
North Dakota |
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Hawaii |
Ohio |
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Idaho |
Oklahoma |
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Illinois |
Rhode Island |
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South Carolina |
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Iowa |
South Dakota |
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Kansas |
Tennessee |
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Kentucky |
Texas |
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Utah |
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West Virginia |
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Michigan |
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Mississippi |
Wyoming |
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Baltimore, MD |
Miami-Dade County, FL |
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC |
Orange County, FL |
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Chicago, IL |
Palm Beach County, FL |
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District of Columbia |
Philadelphia, PA |
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Hillsborough County, FL
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San Bernardino, CA |
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Houston, TX
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San Diego, CA |
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Los Angeles, CA |
San Francisco, CA |
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American Samoa |
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Guam |
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1. States, districts, and territories listed above had weighted
data for both the 2007 YRBS and 2008 Profiles. This means that for YRBS, the
site achieved at least a 60% overall response rate. For Profiles, the site
achieved at least a 70% school response rate. With weighted data, it is
possible to say, for example, "X% of high school students in our state
smoked cigarettes during the past month and X% of middle schools and high schools in our state
taught tobacco use prevention education."
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YRBS
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)
monitors priority health-risk behaviors and the prevalence of
obesity and asthma among youth and young adults. YRBSS includes a
national school-based survey conducted by the CDC and state,
territorial, tribal, and
local surveys conducted by state, territorial, and local education and health
agencies and tribal governments.
Profiles
The School Health Profiles Survey (Profiles) is a system of surveys
assessing school health policies and practices in states, large
urban school districts, territories, and tribal governments.
Profiles surveys are conducted biennially by education and health
agencies among middle and high school principals and lead
health education teachers.
SHPPS
The School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) is a national
survey periodically conducted to assess school health policies and
practices at the state, district, school, and classroom levels. See Also
Data by Health Topic
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