Title |
Utah health status update: overweight in children: a public health epidemic / |
Subject |
Public health; Health status indicators; Outcome assessment (Medical care); Overweight children; Obesity in children; Weight gain; Public Health; Health Status; Utah; Health Status Indicators; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Child; Obesity; Child Nutrition; Weight Gain |
Description |
In Utah in 2002, one in four kindergarten to eighth grade students were overweight* or at risk of becoming overweight (25.5%). Boys were more likely to be overweight or at risk than girls (27.9% vs. 22.9%). Additionally, there were more overweight boys than girls (14.1% vs. 10.0%). There was no significant difference between urban and rural schools. |
Date |
2005-08 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Digitization Specifications |
461,066 bytes |
Resource Identifier |
05Aug_ChildObesity.pdf |
Source |
http://health.utah.gov/opha/publications/hsu/05Aug_ChildObesity.pdf |
Relation |
EHSL Bib# 90148 |
Coverage |
1999-2003 |
Setname |
ehsl_ophl |
ID |
188277 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64m950f/188277 |