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Teens with a Healthy Body Weight
| Value: |
73.4 percent |
Measurement
Period: |
2011 |
| Location: |
State : Hawaii
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| Comparison: |
Prior Value |
| Categories: |
Health / Exercise, Nutrition, & Weight
Health / Teen & Adolescent Health
Health / Diabetes |
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What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the percentage of high school students with a body healthy body weight as calculated based on age- and sex-specific percentiles. Teens are considered overweight if they are in the 85th to 94th percentile. Obese teens are those in the 95th percentile and above. |
| Why this is important: Obesity is a serious health concern for children and adolescents. Obese and overweight children and adolescents are at risk for multiple health problems during their youth and as adults. Obese children and adolescents are more likely to become obese as adults. In a recent study, it was found that nearly 80% of children who were overweight as teenagers were obese adults at age 25. Obese and overweight youth are more likely to have risk factors associated with cardiovascular diseases, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and Type 2 diabetes. Losing weight helps to prevent and control multiple chronic diseases and improves quality of life. |
| Technical Note: The trend is a comparison between the most recent and previous measurement periods. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the trend.Values are not shown where the total unweighted response count is less than 100. Results from the 2011 Hawaii County High School survey are not reportable. |
| Source: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System |
| URL of Source: http://www.hhdw.org/cms/index.php?page=yrbss-reports |
| URL of Data: http://www.hhdw.org/cms/index.php?page=weight-control-pra... |
| Maintained By: Hawaii Department of Health |
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Time Series Data
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Teens with a Healthy Body Weight by Gender
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Teens with a Healthy Body Weight by Grade Level
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Teens with a Healthy Body Weight by Race/Ethnicity
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Teens with a Healthy Body Weight
| Value: |
73.4 percent |
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PAN Plan Target:
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76 percent |
Measurement
Period: |
2011 |
| Location: |
State : Hawaii
[ View All Location Types ] |
| Comparison: |
PAN Plan Tracker |
| Categories: |
Health / Exercise, Nutrition, & Weight
Health / Teen & Adolescent Health
Health / Diabetes |
|
What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the percentage of high school students with a body healthy body weight as calculated based on age- and sex-specific percentiles. Teens are considered overweight if they are in the 85th to 94th percentile. Obese teens are those in the 95th percentile and above. |
| Why this is important: Obesity is a serious health concern for children and adolescents. Obese and overweight children and adolescents are at risk for multiple health problems during their youth and as adults. Obese children and adolescents are more likely to become obese as adults. In a recent study, it was found that nearly 80% of children who were overweight as teenagers were obese adults at age 25. Obese and overweight youth are more likely to have risk factors associated with cardiovascular diseases, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and Type 2 diabetes. Losing weight helps to prevent and control multiple chronic diseases and improves quality of life. |
| Technical Note: Values are not shown where the total unweighted response count is less than 100. Results from the 2011 Hawaii County High School survey are not reportable. |
| Source: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System |
| URL of Source: http://www.hhdw.org/cms/index.php?page=yrbss-reports |
| URL of Data: http://www.hhdw.org/cms/index.php?page=weight-control-pra... |
| Maintained By: Hawaii Department of Health |
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Time Series Data
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Teens with a Healthy Body Weight by Gender
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Teens with a Healthy Body Weight by Grade Level
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Teens with a Healthy Body Weight by Race/Ethnicity
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