How obese and fat is YOUR state?

Morning,

I just came across:

Is Your State Overweight?
That’s the easy question. The harder one is what to do about it.
by Kathleen Donnelly for MSN Health & Fitnes

As a country, we’re getting fatter. Fast.

Each year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updates its series of maps that show how the rate of obesity is expanding. States where, as recently as 1990, 10 percent or fewer adult residents were obese now report levels double that. In the latest edition of the maps, three states estimate that a third of all adults are obese…..MORE….

The interesting thing here is you can click on each of the 50 states, and get the data regarding obesity and fatness for each one. For example click here to see NJ.

The data is interesting and is gotten from the:

• CDC Overweight and Obesity

That page you should definitely visit – you can learn about:

• Defining Overweight and Obesity
• Obesity Trends
• Contributing Factors
• Health Consequences
• Economic Consequences
• Childhood Overweight
• Defining Childhood Overweight
• Overweight Prevalence
• Contributing Factors
• Consequences
• Tips for Parents
• References
• State-Based Programs
• Social-Ecological Model
• Funded States
• Funding Opportunity Announcement
• State Stories
• Tools and Resources
• Recommendations
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Resources

I especially liked their State-Based Programs information.

Enjoy,

Barbara

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