In the US, many of us struggle with decreasing our BMI, or body mass index. The opposite is true for the children in Trinity/HOPE's feeding programs in Haiti. They desperately need to increase their BMI and our feeding programs are helping them do just that. There is quite a bit of compelling data in the presentation. The two key takeaways are: 1) Trinity/HOPE's feeding programs are saving lives and 2) the younger children benefit the most - so it is important to keep feeding kids and expand our programs to as many Haitian children as possible.

1. Trinity Hope BMI Measurement Data Central Plateau August 2007 to June 2008 Presented by Bunny Pozehl August 2008

4. Data Collection at Evangelical Lutheran School

5. Data Collection at Bon Barger

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10. Central Plateau Data 565 Children Numbers of Children per School

11. Mean BMI by School * Mean differences statistically significant at p < .001 for every school

12. Overall Mean BMI Before and After Feeding Program t (df = 564) = -17.8, p<.001

13. Numbers of Children

14. Percentages Below 5 th Percentile BMI Before and After Feeding Program Males

15. Percentages Below 5 th Percentile BMI Before and After Feeding Program Males Before After Difference 4 Years (n = 30) 46.7 13.3 33.4 5 Years (n = 20) 40.0 10.0 30.0 6 Years (n = 34) 58.8 52.9 5.9 7 Years (n = 27) 48.1 11.1 37.0 8 Years (n = 47) 31.9 14.9 17.0 9 Years (n = 20) 25.0 5.0 20.0 10 Years (n = 16) 31.3 12.5 18.8 11 Years (n = 20) 25.0 25.0 0.0 12 Years (n = 13) 15.4 23.1 -7.7 13 Years (n = 4) 50.0 25.0 25.0 14 Years (n = 2) 100.0 50.0 50.0 15 Years (n = 2) 100.0 100.0 0.0 16 Years (n = 3) 66.7 66.7 0.0 17 Years (n = 4) 75.0 75.0 0.0 18 Years (n = 3) 33.3 33.3 0.0

16. Percentages Below 5 th Percentile BMI Before and After Feeding Program Females

17. Percentages Below 5 th Percentile BMI Before and After Feeding Program Females Before After Difference 4 Years (n = 38) 39.5 5.3 34.2 5 Years (n = 37) 37.8 13.5 24.3 6 Years (n = 36) 50.0 30.6 19.4 7 Years (n = 33) 48.5 18.2 30.3 8 Years (n = 36) 27.8 16.7 11.1 9 Years (n = 30) 30.0 16.7 14.3 10 Years (n = 35) 22.9 8.6 16.3 11 Years (n = 20) 40.0 15.0 25.0 12 Years (n = 5) 40.0 40.0 0.0 13 Years (n = 8) 62.5 50.0 12.5 14 Years (n = 3) 100.0 66.7 33.3 15 Years (n = 2) 50.0 50.0 0.0 16 Years (n = 2) 50.0 50.0 0.0 17 Years (n = 2) 100.0 100.0 0.0 18 Years (n = 0) - - -

18. Visible Differences Unfed School Fed School

19. Visible Differences Unfed School Fed School