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Obesity among High School Students by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2001 to 2019
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Why Is This Important?
Obesity has more than tripled among children and adolescents since the 1970s.^[https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/obesity/index.htm 1]^
Definition
Percent of high school students who were obese (greater than or equal to the 95th percentile for body mass index, by age and sex)
Data Notes
This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective NF-1b. Survey is conducted in odd-numbered years only. Confidence limits not available for 2003 NJ data. ** 2015 and 2017 NJ survey data not available.Data Sources
- New Jersey Student Health Survey, Office of Student Support Services, Division of Student Services and Career Readiness, New Jersey Department of Education
(http://www.nj.gov/education/students/yrbs/) - Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/index.htm)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Number of high school students whose body mass index was greater than or equal to the 95th percentile for Body Mass Index (BMI) for their age and genderDenominator:
Total number of high school students surveyed
Data Issues
In 2015 and 2017, the New Jersey Student Health Survey was unable to obtain the number of student responses needed to reach the 60% response rate required by the CDC to be able to weight the data to be representative of the New Jersey high school student population.Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective NWS-10.3
U.S. Target: Reduce the proportion of adolescents aged 12 to 19 years who are considered obese to 16.1 percent by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/nutrition-and-weight-status
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective NF-1b
NJ Target: Reduce the proportion of high school students in grades 9-12 who are obese to 10.3 percent for the total population, 2.3% for Asians, 16.5% for Blacks, 14.4% for Hispanics, and 8.2% for Whites by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/nutrition-physical-activity.shtml
Health Initiative: CDI
Chronic Disease Indicator NPW13
Description: Obesity among high school students
https://www.cdc.gov/cdi/indicator-definitions/npao.html