Table 1. Practices Used by Head Start Programs to Obtain Information on Children’s Height and Weight, US Head Start Programs, 2008 (N = 1,583).

Practice	%a
Head Start staff members measure the children’s heights and weights	89
Height and weight measurements are obtained from the child’s health care provider	70
Nurses from a school or school district measure the children’s heights and weights	23
Height and weight measurements are obtained from the child’s provider at WIC	30
Other	6

Abbreviation: WIC, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

^a Percentages do not sum to 100% because program directors could mark all that applied.