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Childhood Obesity in New York City Elementary School Students

Lorna E. Thorpe, PhD, Deborah G. List, PhD, Terry Marx, MD, Linda May, MA, Steven D. Helgerson, MD and Thomas R. Frieden, MD

Lorna E. Thorpe, Linda May, and Thomas R. Frieden are with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH), New York, NY. At the time of the study, Deborah List was also with the NYC DOHMH. Terry Marx is with the New York City Department of Education, New York, NY. Steven D. Helgerson is an epidemiologic consultant to the NYC DOHMH.



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  		FIGURE 1— Prevalence (with confidence interval bars) of obesity among New York City public elementary school children by grade and race/ethnicity, 2003.

 


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  		FIGURE 2— Prevalence (with confidence interval bars) of obesity among New York City public elementary school children by gender and race/ethnicity, 2003.

 




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