{"id":2634,"date":"2019-06-21T14:07:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T18:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/population-health\/?page_id=2634"},"modified":"2019-07-23T14:31:08","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T18:31:08","slug":"child-weight-surveillance-in-preschool-in-hartford-ct","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/population-health\/healthy-living\/child-weight-surveillance-in-preschool-in-hartford-ct\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Weight Surveillance in Preschool in Hartford, CT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Completed Projects
\nCommunity-based Public Health\/Nutrition Research and Evaluation<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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Child Weight Surveillance in Preschool in Hartford, CT<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The State of Connecticut, Office of Young Children contracted with the UConn Health to measure a sample of preschool children enrolled in center-based programs in order to provide a profile of how Hartford children fared compared to others. The findings that identify a disproportionate number of Hartford's young children as obese or overweight, although similar to trends across the country, are compelling and are in need of immediate attention.<\/p>\n

Despite these findings, much can be done to promote the nutrition, physical activity and wellness of your children, particularly because the majority of Hartford preschool children are enrolled in center-based programs where they engage in physical activities and ingest most of their daily food intake.<\/p>\n

A follow-up weight surveillance using the 2012 protocol was completed in May 2016. An expanded sample size (n=2,072) provided an updated estimate of childhood obesity in 3 to 5 year-old children in Hartford preschools. A multivariate regression showed that ethnicity, but not age or gender, predicted body mass index (BMI) percentile.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>