Overweight and Unfit Children in Public School Grades 5, 7, and 9,
by Assembly District in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties (2001)
Assembly District Location Percent
Unfit
Percent Overweight
12 (Leland Yee) Daly City, Colma, portions of western San Francisco 39.0 20.5
19 (Gene Mullin) Pacifica, San Bruno, San Mateo, South San Francisco, part of Daly City 30.8 24.3
20 (John Dura) Parts of San Jose and cities in Alameda County, including Fremont, Newark and Union City 30.2 22.6
21 (Joe Simitian) San Carlos, Redwood City, Atherton, Menlo Park, Woodside, Portola Valley, East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno and parts of San Jose 28.5 18.9
22 (Sally Lieber) Mountain View, Cupertino, Sunnyvale and parts of San Jose and Santa Clara 29.3 25.5
23 (Manny Diaz) Parts of San Jose 40.8 26.6
24 (Rebecca Cohn) Campbell, Saratoga parts of San Jose and Santa Clara 35.0 22.1
27 (John Laird) Morgan Hill and parts of Santa Cruz and Monterey counties 28.4 22.6
28 (Simon Salinas) Gilroy, San Benito County and parts of Monterey and Santa Cruz counties 35.2 35.0
California All Counties 39.6 26.5

Unfit = aerobic capacity score was below the Healthy Fitness Zone (HFZ). A score within the HFZ means the child has a minimum level of fitness thought to provide some protection against health risks.
Overweight
= body composition measurement above the Healthy Fitness Zone standard.
Source: California Department of Education, 2001 California Physical Fitness Test, Analysis by California Center for Public Health Advocacy.

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