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Project Overview: Demographics

Project Overview: Demographics. Arielle Messerly Erica Greenhalgh Raquel Blamires. Utah Northern Region Childhood Obesity Project.

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Project Overview: Demographics

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  1. Project Overview:Demographics Arielle Messerly Erica Greenhalgh Raquel Blamires

  2. Utah Northern Region Childhood Obesity Project • Background: In light of growing national and statewide concerns about childhood obesity, Intermountain Urban North Region has adopted a goal to reduce childhood obesity rates in that region.

  3. UNR Childhood Obesity Project • Purpose: • Collect baseline measures that will support the development of childhood obesity interventions. • Data will serve as a baseline measurement to assess the extent to which the the intervention is successful.

  4. UNR Childhood obesity project • 7 elementary schools within the northern region of Utah. • 3rd grade • 480 kids participated • December 17, 2010

  5. Ogden School District • Total Schools: 66 • Traditional Schools: 50 • Special Schools: 10 • Alternative Schools: 6 • Number of Title I Schools: 16 • Number of Students: 31,828 • Full-Time Teachers: 874

  6. James Madison Elementary 2563 Monroe Blvd. Ogden, UT 84401 Opened in 2007

  7. After School Programs • YMCA • Provides a safe, exciting, and fun environment for students from Kindergarten through Sixth Grade. There is a monthly fee of $40.00/student.

  8. Ogden, UT Demographics • 2009, Population 83,292 • 2000, 77,226

  9. Racial Demographics • White, 79% (only one race) • Hispanic origin, 23.6% (may be of any race) • Black, 2.3% • 12% born foreign • Language other than English spoken at home- age 5+, 21.4%

  10. Education • High school graduates- age 25+, 76.0% • Utah 88% • Bachelor's degree or higher- age 25+, 16.9% • Utah 26%

  11. $$$ Money $$$ • Persons below poverty, 16.5% • Utah 9.4% • Median household income, $34,047 • Utah $45,726 • Ave Household Income, $27,379 • Unemployed 3,258 persons

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