Post an Event Do you have an event you would like to post to our events calendar? Use the form below to submit a one-time only event that promotes childhood obesity prevention: nutrition and health awareness, physical activity promotion, or meetings and conferences. Please note that submissions must be approved by a CLOCC administrator before your event is posted to the events calendar. Your Contact Information (Contact information will NOT be di…
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…linically as overweight if they are above the 95th percentile of body mass index (BMI) for their age and gender. Children are at risk for overweight if their BMI percentile falls between the 85th and 95th percentiles for their age and gender. We use the term obesity if we are referring to the general condition, and overweight if we are speaking in medical terms or referring to data. If this doesn’t help answer your question, click here. Q. Why is…
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…(2007). The effect of school on overweight in childhood: gain in body mass index during the school year and during summer vacation. American Journal of Public Health, 97(4), 696-702. Entwisle, D. R., Alexander, K. L., & Olson, L. S. (2001). Keep the faucet flowing. American Educator, 25(3), 10-15. Moreno, J. P., Johnston, C. A., & Woehler, D. (2013). Changes in weight over the school year and summer vacation: Results of a 5-year longitudin…
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…t and had their height and weight measured in order to calculate body mass index (BMI). Adults accompanying the participating children were asked to complete a survey that included demographics, family background and exhibits visited. Data analyzed included the average percentage and minutes that participants spent in three levels of physical activity: sedentary (e.g., sitting), light (e.g., walking) and moderate and vigorous (MVPA) (e.g., running…
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…ack to 2003, when we worked with school nurses to gather student body mass index (BMI) data using the Illinois Child Health Examination Forms submitted by every child at school entry. This project led to a significant event in CLOCC’s history – the release of the first-ever prevalence data for Chicago children ages 3 – 7 in December of 2003. This release, which was front-page news in the city, alerted Chicagoans that the obesity rate among these y…
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…ild health examination surveillance system (CHESS) that includes body mass index (BMI) data to monitor childhood overweight/obesity in the State, using data from the mandated Child Health Examination form. Since 2011, the Chicago Department of Public Health and Chicago Public Schools have been collaborating to analyze and report on BMI data among CPS students. CLOCC will continue to support this collaboration and advocate for its sustainability. C…
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…ng out more with obesity, higher amounts of body fat, and higher body mass index. They also show that eating fast food meals often is associated with consuming more calories and saturated fat.” – American Heart Association Sources 1 Powell LM, Nguyen BT. “Fast-Food and Full-Service Restaurant Consumption among Children and Adoles-cents.” Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, published online Nov 5, 2012, E1-E7 2 Lin B, Morrison RM. “Food…
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…arily during the short span of summer break.4 Indeed, children’s body mass index (BMI) in that study decreased by 1.5 percentile points during the school year, only to increase by 5.2 percentile points over the summer months.4 This accelerated weight gain during the summer is most pronounced among minority youth.2,4 Click to enlarge This figure (right), from Moreno and colleagues (2015), suggests that summertime weight gain (as represented by the…
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