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This digital document is an article from Journal of School Health, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2006. The length of the article is 4503 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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This digital document is an article from Journal of School Health, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2006. The length of the article is 4503 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: This article reports the first estimates of overweight prevalence in Chicago children entering school (aged 3-5 years). Chicago data are compared with those from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, (NHANES) and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS). Data were from 2 separate convenience samples of children aged 3-5 years attending either 18 Chicago Public Schools or 10 Chicago Catholic School pre-K programs (n = 1517). Dam were taken from students' Certificate of Child Health Examination (CCHE), completed by a health professional. Overall, the prevalence of overweight subjects (body mass index [greater than or equal to] 95th percentile) was 24%, more than twice that of the national prevalence of 10% for 2- to 5-year-olds documented by NHANES (1999-2002) and 3 times that of the 1998-1999 ECLS prevalence estimate of 8% for 5- to 7-year-olds in the Midwest region. The data reported here document that nearly one quarter of children entering school in Chicago are already overweight. This clearly establishes a need for local schools to develop protocols and procedures to support the physical and mental health needs of affected and at-risk children. The findings also make it plain that ongoing weight status monitoring is needed and that current plans to implement this should go forward.

Citation Details
Title: Prevalence of overweight and risk of overweight among 3- to 5-year-old Chicago children, 2002-2003.(Research Papers)
Author: Maryann Mason
Publication: Journal of School Health (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 76 Issue: 3 Page: 104(7)

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