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School Based Weight Status and Fitness Tracking

School Based Weight Status and Fitness Tracking. Bob Rauner, MD, MPH Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. Adults BRFSS, 1990. (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs. overweight for 5’ 4” person). No Data <10% 10%–14%.

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School Based Weight Status and Fitness Tracking

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  1. School Based Weight Status and Fitness Tracking Bob Rauner, MD, MPH Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln

  2. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1990 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs. overweight for 5’ 4” person) No Data <10% 10%–14%

  3. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1993 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs. overweight for 5’ 4” person) No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19%

  4. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1998 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs. overweight for 5’ 4” person) No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% ≥20%

  5. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2002 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs. overweight for 5’ 4” person) No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% 20%–24% ≥25%

  6. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2005 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs. overweight for 5’ 4” person) No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% 20%–24% 25%–29% ≥30%

  7. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2009 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs. overweight for 5’ 4” person) No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% 20%–24% 25%–29% ≥30%

  8. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS,1990, 1999, 2009 (*BMI 30, or about 30 lbs. overweight for 5’4” person) 1999 1990 2009 No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% 20%–24% 25%–29% ≥30%

  9. Prevalence of Obesity Among U.S. Children and Adolescents(Aged 2 –19 Years)National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys

  10. Importance of Having Your Own Local Stats

  11. Elements of Successful Community Change 3 Basic Principles: • A 3-Way Partnership • Bottom up (grass roots efforts) • Top down (support from officials, leaders, policies) • Outside in (best practices from the experts) • Action based on local data • Community wide change in behavior is most successful if the community sees it as in its own best interest • Taken from: “Just and Lasting Change: When Communities Own Their Futures”, by Daniel Taylor-Ide and Carl Taylor, 2002, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.

  12. 2009 LPS Elementary Schools Percentage Overweight & Obese N=16,257

  13. 2009 Obesity Prevalence – Title 1 vs. Non Title 1 Elementary Schools

  14. Percent of 4th & 5th Grade LPS Students Passing Fitness Test by Weight Status 106/133 2,471/3,089 510/825 403/1,006

  15. 2009-2010 Kearney Public SchoolsPercentage Overweight & Obese Source: Unpublished data – Courtesy of Kate Heelan, Ph. D., University of Nebraska at Kearney

  16. Do It Yourself Data Collection – CDC.GOV CDC Children’s BMI Tool - http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/childrens_bmi/tool_for_schools.html Downloadable Excel Spreadsheet Calculates BMI percentile & summary statistics for up to 2,000 students

  17. Outside Help for Data Ask for help Partner with a university/college/stats person Kate Heelan, PhD, FACSMAssociate Professor/DirectorUniversity of Nebraska at Kearneyheelanka@unk.eduwww.unk.edu/hpl

  18. Questions? Bob Rauner, MD, MPH Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln brauner@healthylincoln.org

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