Obesity in K–8 Students — New York City, 2006–07 to 2010–11 School Years

dc.contributor.author	Centers for Disease, Control and Prevention
dc.date.accessioned	2019-08-14T15:06:28Z
dc.date.available	2019-08-14T15:06:28Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.description.abstract	Overweight and obese children are more likely to develop risk factors that can lead to respiratory, metabolic, and cardio¬vascular illness (1–3). The increase in prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in the United States since the 1960s has been well documented (4). In New York City, in 1996, an estimated 19.7% of third grade children and 21.2% of sixth grade children in public and private schools were found to be overweight (5); in 2003, an estimated 43% of the city’s public elementary school students were found to be overweight, and 24% of these students were obese (6). To update…
dc.identifier	https://doi.org/10.13016/aef7-cqgb
dc.identifier.citation	Centers for Disease, Control and Prevention (2011) Obesity in K–8 Students — New York City, 2006–07 to 2010–11 School Years. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report MMWR, 60 (49). pp. 1673-1694.
dc.identifier.other	Eprint ID 3641
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1903/24183
dc.subject	Prenatal & Pediatric Health
dc.subject	Obesity
dc.subject	interventions
dc.subject	Centers for Disease Control
dc.title	Obesity in K–8 Students — New York City, 2006–07 to 2010–11 School Years
dc.type	Article

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