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The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) established its Statewide Childhood Obesity Surveillance System in 2010 to understand the extent of obesity among the elementary school-age population in NewMexico.
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) established its Statewide Childhood Obesity Surveillance System in 2010 to understand the extent of obesity among the elementary school-age population in NewMexico.
Results Based Accountability - The 5.2.1.O Challenge motivates third grade students to eat 5 fruits and vegetables a day, trim screen time to 2 hours a day, get at least 1 hour of physical activity a day, and drink lots of H2O every day for 21 consecutive days. These numbers represent Healthy Kids Healthy Communities data reported for 2017-18 school year.
Results Based Accountability - Healthy Kids Healthy Communities implementation strategies for increasing access to healthy and affordable food choices and places to be physically active in low-income rural, frontier, and tribal communities. These numbers represent Healthy Kids Healthy Communities during the 2017-18 fiscal year.
Results Based Accountability - These numbers represent the 2017-18 school year and only include those elementary schools that have established healthy eating practices on an ongoing and regular basis.
Results Based Accountability - These numbers represent the 2017-18 school year and only include those schools that have created physical activity opportunities that occur on an ongoing and regular basis.
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) established its Statewide Childhood Obesity Surveillance System in 2010 to understand the extent of obesity among the elementary school-age population in NewMexico.
In the Fall of 2016, BMI data was collected on 7,557 students in 59 randomly-selected public elementary schools across New Mexico. These data were converted into weight categories classifying students as underweight, healthy weight, overweight, or obese. Data were then analyzed by grade, gender, and race/ethnicity and weighted to appropriately represent the kindergarten and third grade public school populations.
In the Fall of 2016, BMI data was collected on 7,557 students in 59 randomly-selected public elementary schools across New Mexico. These data were converted into weight categories classifying students as underweight, healthy weight, overweight, or obese. Data were then analyzed by grade, gender, and race/ethnicity and weighted to appropriately represent the kindergarten and third grade public school populations.
In the fall of 2015, BMI data were collected on 8,167 kindergarten and third grade students in 63 randomly-selected public elementary schools throughout New Mexico. Data were analyzed by grade, gender, and race/ethnicity and results have been weighted to appropriately represent the kindergarten and third grade New Mexico public school populations. The results are illustrated in the 2015 New Mexico Childhood Obesity Update.
Data were analyzed by grade, gender, and race/ethnicity and results have been weighted to appropriately represent the kindergarten and third grade New Mexico public school populations.
