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3 Childhood Obesity in Texas: An Overview
Pages 15-20

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... With 75 percent of its population residing in 25 counties and the remaining 25 percent spread across 229 counties, the state understands the challenges of delivering health care services across urban, suburban, rural, and frontier areas. To facilitate health care delivery, the state has been divided into eight health service regions, each roughly the size of a medium-sized U.S.
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... To improve health outcomes and contain future health-related costs, Texas initiated policies designed to address the childhood obesity epidemic (Table 3-3)
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... African African Whites Americans Latinos Whites Americans Latinos Age, Years 2−6 25.4 23.2 32.4 20.9 26.4 27.3 6−11 31.7 33.8 47.1 31.5 40.1 38.1 12−19 34.5 32.1 40.5 31.7 44.5 37.1 SOURCE: Ogden et al., 2008. TAbLE 3-3 Obesity Prevention–Related Policies Targeting Schools in Texas, as Presented by Sanchez Policy Year Features Senate Bill 19 2001 • Minimum physical activity requirements for elementary school students • Coordinated school health in all elementary schools • School Health Advisory Councils Texas Public School 2004 • School nutrition guidelines Nutrition Policy • Vending machine rules Senate Bill 42 2005 • Minimum physical activity requirements for middle school students Senate Bill 530 2007 • Enhanced physical activity initiatives for youths in grades K−8 • Annual testing of physical fitness levels for youths in grades 3−12 (the Fitnessgram)
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... Complementing these policy changes, the Texas Department of Health and the Department of State Health Services issued three reports aimed at identifying the scope of and addressing Texas's obesity problem: Eat Smart Be Active, a strategic plan focused on preventing obesity from 2005 BOX 3-1 Fitnessgram: An Overview Fitnessgram was created in 1982 by The Cooper Institute to evaluate children's fitness levels. (The Cooper Institute was founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1970 by Kenneth H
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... a document chronicling best health policy knowledge associated with obesity prevention and control to serve as a starting point for policy development and implementation. Concurrently, there were programs under the auspices of the Paso del Norte Health Foundation in two health service regions located in West Texas, which served to reinforce the policy changes and health initiatives instituted by the Texas Legislature.
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... :2401−2405. Texas Department of State Health Services.
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