Post by Nooney on Nov 29, 2006 23:43:54 GMT -5
This information was taken from the Trust for America's Health's website...
STATE-BY-STATE ADULT OBESITY RANKINGS
Note: 1 = Highest rate of adult obesity, 51 = lowest. Rankings are based on combining three years of data (2003-2005) from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Surveillance System to "stabilize" data for comparison purposes. States with statistically significant increases are noted with an asterisk (*). Additional information about methodologies and confidence intervals are available in the report.
1: Mississippi*; 2: Alabama; 3: West Virginia; 4: Louisiana*; 5: Kentucky*; 6: Tennessee; 7: Arkansas*; 8 (tie): Indiana*, South Carolina*; 10: Texas; 11: Michigan; 12: Georgia*; 13: Oklahoma*; 14: Missouri*; 15 (tie): Ohio*, Alaska; 17: North Carolina*; 18: North Dakota; 19: Pennsylvania*; 20: Nebraska*; 21: Iowa; 22: South Dakota*; 23: Illinois*; 24: Maryland*; 25: Virginia; 26: Kansas; 27: Minnesota; 28: Wisconsin*; 29: Delaware*; 30 California*; 31 (tie): Idaho*, Washington*; 33: Oregon*; 34: Maine; 35: Florida*; 36 (tie): Wyoming*, New Hampshire*, New York; 39: D.C.; 40 (tie): New Jersey*, New Mexico*; 42: Nevada; 43 (tie): Arizona, Utah*; 45: Montana; 46: Connecticut*; 47 (tie): Rhode Island*, Vermont; 49: Massachusetts*; 50: Hawaii; 51: Colorado.
The following information is specific to Texas. If you're interested in finding information on your state you can find it here... healthyamericans.org/
Chronic disease directors identify barriers to addressing obesity
According to a new survey of 26 state-level chronic disease directors, who are government experts on disease prevention, the three biggest barriers to effectively addressing obesity are:
Other key findings in the report include:
STATE-BY-STATE ADULT OBESITY RANKINGS
Note: 1 = Highest rate of adult obesity, 51 = lowest. Rankings are based on combining three years of data (2003-2005) from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Surveillance System to "stabilize" data for comparison purposes. States with statistically significant increases are noted with an asterisk (*). Additional information about methodologies and confidence intervals are available in the report.
1: Mississippi*; 2: Alabama; 3: West Virginia; 4: Louisiana*; 5: Kentucky*; 6: Tennessee; 7: Arkansas*; 8 (tie): Indiana*, South Carolina*; 10: Texas; 11: Michigan; 12: Georgia*; 13: Oklahoma*; 14: Missouri*; 15 (tie): Ohio*, Alaska; 17: North Carolina*; 18: North Dakota; 19: Pennsylvania*; 20: Nebraska*; 21: Iowa; 22: South Dakota*; 23: Illinois*; 24: Maryland*; 25: Virginia; 26: Kansas; 27: Minnesota; 28: Wisconsin*; 29: Delaware*; 30 California*; 31 (tie): Idaho*, Washington*; 33: Oregon*; 34: Maine; 35: Florida*; 36 (tie): Wyoming*, New Hampshire*, New York; 39: D.C.; 40 (tie): New Jersey*, New Mexico*; 42: Nevada; 43 (tie): Arizona, Utah*; 45: Montana; 46: Connecticut*; 47 (tie): Rhode Island*, Vermont; 49: Massachusetts*; 50: Hawaii; 51: Colorado.
The following information is specific to Texas. If you're interested in finding information on your state you can find it here... healthyamericans.org/
Chronic disease directors identify barriers to addressing obesity
According to a new survey of 26 state-level chronic disease directors, who are government experts on disease prevention, the three biggest barriers to effectively addressing obesity are:
- Inadequate funding of health initiatives;
- The political view that obesity is more of a personal responsibility issue than a public policy issue; and
- Lack of political will to solve the obesity problem.
Other key findings in the report include:
- Eleven states require their school lunches to meet higher nutritional standards than U.S. Department of Agriculture requirements, including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Kentucky, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas.
- Sixteen states and Washington, D.C. have passed taxes on junk food or sodas, including Arkansas, California, D.C., Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia.
- Twenty-four states have passed laws limiting obesity-related law suits, including Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
