School Height Weight Project - South Dakota Health Department

School Height Weight Survey Project

The South Dakota Department of Health and the Department of Education ask schools to submit student height and weight data for kindergarten, elementary and high school students. The voluntary program to track childhood obesity in South Dakota has been underway since 1998..

Information for schools

2007 School Height Weight Data Collection
- Instructions for using Infinite Campus to submit data (use ADOBE)
- Data collection form - Word file; Excel file
- Instruction sheet (use ADOBE)
- Sample letter to parents regarding screening (use ADOBE)

For more information contact the Office of Health Promotion at 1-800-738-2301.

Survey reports from previous years (use ADOBE)

2006-2007 report — 2006-2007 summary
2005-2006 report — 2005-2006 summary
2004-2005 report — 2004-2005 summary
2003-2004 report — 2003-2004 summary