Comparison of Height, Weight, and Body Mass Index Data From State-Mandated School Physical Fitness Testing and a Districtwide Surveillance Project

摘要

BACKGROUNDApproximately one third of California school-age children are overweight or obese. Legislative approaches to assessing obesity have focused on school-based data collection. During 2010-2011, the Chula Vista Elementary School District conducted districtwide surveillance and state-mandated physical fitness testing (PFT) among fifth grade students. We compared height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) to examine measurement differences between the projects.