The point map shows the obesity rate by grade level for public school districts in New York State, exclusive of New York City, from the Student Weight Status Category Reporting System (SWSCR). The initial view of the map is broken up into large geographic areas and displays the number of public school districts in each area. To drill down to a smaller geographic area, click directly on the area of the map or click the plus sign to zoom in on the map. The small blue dots represent school district offices, not the location of specific schools. Clicking on a dot will bring up a fly-out for that district, with information about the obesity rate, grade level, county, region and school years. You can click “next” on the fly-out to view the rate for all three grade levels (elementary, middle/high and district total). Please note that if the obesity rate value is blank on a given flyout, it means that obesity data for this school district and grade level could not be reported to the NYSDOH due to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). For more information on FERPA, please refer to the Student Weight Overview document by clicking on the "About" tab. The map can be filtered by grade level by changing the options under the Filter tab. Removing the school district filter is not recommended. The map is based on data collected through the SWSCR. New York City public school districts, BOCES, charter, private and 4201 designated schools are exempt from reporting data to the SWSCR system.

For more information check out http://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/obesity/statistics_and_impact/student_weight_status_data.htm. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

The Student Weight Status Category Reporting System (SWSCR) collects weight status category data (underweight, healthy weight, overweight or obese, based on BMI-for-age percentile). The dataset includes separate estimates of the percent of students overweight, obese and overweight or obese for all reportable grades within the county and/or region and by grade groups (elementary and middle/high).

This chart displays the percent of students who are obese at the district level for seven regions of New York State and Statewide (excluding New York City). The black dotted line indicates the 2017 Prevention Agenda Target for obesity among public school children in New York State (exclusive of New York City). The Prevention Agenda is New York’s State Health Improvement Plan and serves as the blueprint for state and local community action to improve the health of New Yorkers and address health disparities in five priority areas: preventing chronic diseases; promoting a healthy and safe environment; promoting healthy women, infants and children; promoting mental health and preventing substance abuse; and preventing HIV, STDs, vaccine preventable diseases and healthcare associated infections. An objective (Objective 1.0.1) within the Preventing Chronic Disease priority area is to reduce the percentage of public school children who are obese by 5%, from 17.6% (2010-12) to 16.7% by 2017, as measured through the Student Weight Status Category Reporting system.

The chart is based on data collected through the Student Weight Status Category Reporting System (SWSCR).

For more information check outhttp://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/obesity/statistics_and_impact/student_weight_status_data.htm, see the Instruction Guide on How to Create Visualizations https://health.data.ny.gov/api/assets/6F21A68C-B934-4B52-BEBE-5CA3DA2FDB88. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This chart displays the percent of students who are overweight, obese and overweight or obese by grade level (district total, elementary or middle/high) for New York State (excluding New York City). Removing the statewide filter is not recommended. The chart is based on data collected through the Student Weight Status Category Reporting System (SWSCR). New York City public school districts, BOCES, charter, private and 4201 designated schools are exempt from reporting data to the SWSCR system. For more information check out
http://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/obesity/statistics_and_impact/student_weight_status_data.htm, see the Instructional Guide to Create Visualizations https://health.data.ny.gov/api/assets/FF7F542A-E9C2-490E-AC86-6872B2160DD0. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This chart displays the percent of students who are obese by grade level (district total, elementary or middle/high) for seven regions of New York State (excluding New York City). Removing the region filter is not recommended. The chart is based on data collected through the Student Weight Status Category Reporting System (SWSCR).

For more information check out
http://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/obesity/statistics_and_impact/student_weight_status_data.htm, see the Instruction Guide to Creating Visualizations https://health.data.ny.gov/api/assets/52520EAB-284E-4FDF-9283-D54689CC3388. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This chart displays the percent of students who are obese by grade level (district total, elementary or middle/high) and county for seven regions of New York State (excluding New York City). To view a region that is not included in the initial visualization, you may uncheck the preselected region filter and choose your own parameters. The chart is based on data collected through the Student Weight Status Category Reporting System (SWSCR). Not all counties or regions are shown in the initial visualization display. If a grey broken columns appear it means data was not collected for that instance.

For more information check out
http://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/obesity/statistics_and_impact/student_weight_status_data.htm, see the Instructional Guide to Create Visualizations https://health.data.ny.gov/api/assets/40C5D69E-1DE1-4C9D-B3BD-C750113C1C96. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This layered map shows the locations of Creating Healthy Places interventions that are targeted towards children and the percentage of students (elementary, middle, and high school) who are obese (95th percentile or higher) by county (source: Student Weight Status Category Reporting System). The purpose of the Creating Healthy Places initiative is to implement community level interventions to promote healthy lifestyles to prevent obesity and type 2 diabetes. The lighter shaded counties have a lower percentage of obese students. The darker shaded counties have a higher percentage of obese students. This map can help identify areas that could benefit from more community level and school level interventions like the ones implemented through the Creating Healthy Places Initiative. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a nutrition education and meal reimbursement program helping providers serve nutritious and safely prepared meals and snacks to children and adults in day care settings. This dataset includes the names and locations of participating day care sites and whether or not the site is Breastfeeding Friendly Certified with CACFP, participating in the Eat Well Play Hard in Child Care Settings (EWPHCCS) project, or participating in the Eat Well Play Hard in Day Care Homes (EWPHDCH) project. This dataset excludes Child and Adult Care Food Program participation provided at homeless shelters and legally-exempt day care home providers.

Not all counties in NYS are serviced by the grantees implementing the project EWPHCSS.

The EWPHDCH project is currently limited to the areas served by the contracted agencies.

The Child and Adult Care Food Program dataset is related to the Child Care Related Programs dataset on the www.Open.ny.gov website, however this dataset includes additional nutrition information. The Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) is currently working to update the Child Care Related Programs dataset on a more frequent schedule with the OPEN NY team. OCFS and DOH will then be able to synchronize in the near future. Temporarily, DOH has omitted addresses for regulated child care providers that provide home care since this information is available on www.Open.ny.gov by using this link: https://data.ny.gov/Human-Services/Child-Care-Regulated-Programs/cb42-qumz.

For more information, please visit http://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/nutrition/cacfp/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This map displays the names and locations of Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) participating day care sites and whether or not the site is Breastfeeding Friendly Certified with CACFP, participating in the Eat Well Play Hard in Child Care Settings (EWPHCCS) project, or participating in the Eat Well Play Hard in Day Care Homes (EWPHDCH) project. This dataset excludes Child and Adult Care Food Program participation provided at homeless shelters and legally-exempt day care home providers.

Not all counties in NYS are serviced by the grantees implementing the project EWPHCSS.

The EWPHDCH project is currently limited to the areas served by the contracted agencies.

The Child and Adult Care Food Program dataset is related to the Child Care Related Programs dataset on the Open NY website, but includes additional nutrition information. Temporarily, we have omitted addresses for regulated child care providers that provide home care since this information is available on Open.ny.gov by using this link: https://data.ny.gov/Human-Services/Child-Care-Regulated-Programs/cb42-qumz. For more information please visit http://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/nutrition/cacfp/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

The Student Weight Status Category Reporting System (SWSCR) collects weight status category data (underweight, healthy weight, overweight or obese, based on BMI-for-age percentile). The dataset includes separate estimates of the percent of students overweight, obese and overweight or obese for all reportable grades within the county and/or region and by grade groups (elementary and middle/high).

The Student Weight Status Category Reporting System (SWSCR) collects weight status category data (underweight, healthy weight, overweight or obese, based on BMI-for-age percentile). The dataset includes separate estimates of the percent of students overweight, obese and overweight or obese for all reportable grades within the county and/or region and by grade groups (elementary and middle/high).

The Student Weight Status Category Reporting System (SWSCR) collects weight status category data (underweight, healthy weight, overweight or obese, based on BMI-for-age percentile). The dataset includes separate estimates of the percent of students overweight, obese and overweight or obese for all reportable grades within the county and/or region and by grade groups (elementary and middle/high).