2007 Childhood Obesity Prevention Initiative

Description

New York State obesity prevention funds in the Governor's 2006-07 budget support healthy eating and physical activity interventions and environmental changes in child care centers serving low-income children and youth.

Reach

The staff of 120 child care centers will receive training on the EWPHCCS curriculum and a tool kit to implement the curriculum with pre-school children and their parents.

Evaluation

During the first year of this project success will be based on the extent to which trained child care center staff implement the curriculum to pre-school children enrolled in their center and their parents.

Number for March 2007

Category Quantity
classes 28
centers 11
children 152
parents 99
staff 72

Counties Reached

  • Albany
  • Chenango
  • Dutchess
  • Erie
  • Monroe
  • Oneida
  • Ontario
  • Rensselaer
  • Steuben
  • Tioga
  • Warren