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- Advocate for policies/legislation aimed at improving substance abuse and mental <br /> health services; <br /> - Explore, with our partners, potential ways of integrating mental health and primary <br /> care services and <br /> - Explore, with our partners, how to better coordinate care for substance-addicted <br /> and mentally ill clients. <br /> Integrating Care <br /> Childhood Obesity <br /> Liska Lackey, RN <br /> Is childhood obesity an epidemic? <br /> Definitions of overweight & obesity <br /> -Adults: <br /> o Overweight— BMI of 25 or higher <br /> o Obesity— BMI of 30 or higher <br /> -Children: (using CDC Growth Charts) <br /> o Overweight— BMI at or above the 85�h percentile and lower than the 95th percentile for <br /> children of the same age and sex <br /> o Obesity— BMI at or above the 95th percentile for children of the same age and sex <br /> The occurrence of more cases of disease than expected in a given area or among a <br /> specific group of people over a particular period of time. <br /> CDC definition of epidemic <br /> 2009 State Prevalence of Obesity Among Low-Income Children Aged 2-4 (map) <br /> 2009 NC NPASS Data <br /> - Rates of childhood overweight and obesity 10% higher among Hispanics than non- <br /> Hispanics <br /> - Hispanic children: <br /> 0 18.7% overweight <br /> 0 23.1% obese <br /> -Non-Hispanic children: <br /> 0 15% overweight <br /> 0 15.6% obese <br /> 2009 YRBS survey of <br /> CH-Carrboro students <br /> - Middle school students <br /> 0 20.6% believed they were slightly overweight <br /> 0 30% were trying to lose weight <br /> - High school students <br /> 0 23% of high school students described themselves as overweight <br /> 0 41.5% of high school students were trying to lose weight <br /> �i <br /> I <br />