Community Assessment 2020-2025

Sacramento Employment and Training Agency 2020-2025
OBESITY
More than one-third of all children in the U.S. are classified as overweight. Obesity can cause
many health problems and future health care costs (kidsdata.org, 2019). The following chart
compares Sacramento County with California, looking at the percentage of children in grades 5,
7, and 9 who have a body composition above the “Healthy Fitness Zone” of the Fitnessgram
assessment.
Students Who Are Overweight or Obese
Data Source: As cited on kidsdata.org
Internal Data
The following chart shows that 65% of the
Head Start children enrolled in 2018-2019
were at a healthy weight. Comparing this
to the external county and state data, the
children in Head Start are faring better
than the average child in the county.
15%
12%
Underweight
Overweight
5%
65%
Healthy weight
Obese
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