Editorial: School policies in New York City.

Measuring Energy Savings from Benchmarking Policies in New York City

Benchmarking policies, also known as disclosure ordinances, are being pursued in many countries and at all levels of government. These policies are intended to transform the market for energy efficient buildings by requiring owners to measure and disclose their energy use, therefore making energy efficiency investments more visible and therefore valuable. Two critical questions to improving the...

Childhood obesity in New York City elementary school students.

OBJECTIVES We estimated overweight and obesity in New York City elementary school children. METHODS A multistage cluster sample of New York City public elementary school children was selected. Nurses measured children's height and weight and used a standard protocol to determine body mass index (BMI). Demographic information was obtained from official school rosters. Overweight and obese were...

Another Look at the New York City School Voucher Experiment

This paper reexamines data from the New York City school choice program, the largest and best implemented private school scholarship experiment yet conducted. In the experiment, low-income public school students in grades K-4 were eligible to participate in a series of lotteries for a private school scholarship in May 1997. Data were collected from students and their parents at baseline, and in...

Diabetes in New York City.

Individual- and school-level sociodemographic predictors of obesity among New York City public school children.

To identify student- and school-level sociodemographic characteristics associated with overweight and obesity, the authors conducted cross-sectional analyses of data from 624,204 public school children (kindergarten through 12th grade) who took part in the 2007-2008 New York City Fitnessgram Program. The overall prevalence of obesity was 20.3%, and the prevalence of overweight was 17.6%. In mul...