Obesity, Dietary Behavior, & Physical Activity Fact Sheets
For the United States overall and for select states, large urban school districts, territories, and tribal governments, these fact sheets present information about the percentages of youth who engage in certain risk behaviors, along with the status of school health policies and programs designed to address those behaviors.
United States
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Childhood Obesity [pdf 156K] [text version]
This fact sheet combines results from the 2011 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and 2006 School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) to
- Identify the percentage of high school students who are obese, engage in unhealthy dietary behaviors, or are physically inactive
- Describe characteristics of health education, physical education and activity, and the school environment among U.S. high schools that may help address the problem
States, Large Urban School Districts, Territories, and Tribal Governments
These fact sheets combine results from the 2011 state, territorial, district, and tribal government YRBS and 2012 state, territorial, district, and tribal government School Health Profiles surveys to
- Identify the percentage of high school students who are obese, engage in unhealthy dietary behaviors, or are physically inactive
- Describe state and local characteristics of health education, physical education, opportunities for physical activity, and the school environment among middle and high schools that may help address the problem
Note: The following links are PDFs and range in size from approximately 100K-300K.
| Territories* | |
| Guam | Marshall Islands |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Palau |
| Tribal Governments* | |
| Cherokee Nation | Nez Perce |
*States, large urban school districts, territories, and tribal governments listed above had weighted data for both the 2011 YRBS and 2012 Profiles. This means that for YRBS, the site achieved at least a 60% overall response rate. For Profiles, the site achieved at least a 70% school response rate. With weighted data, it is possible to say, for example, “X% of high school students in our state smoked cigarettes during the past month and X% of middle schools and high schools in our state taught tobacco use prevention education.”
