Health Topic: Obesity (Overweight)
Childhood Obesity is a major public health problem in New York State. One in five New York State children are overweight. Nearly 1/3 of New York's school children are overweight and the percentage of overweight children and youth has doubled since 1980.
If parents are overweight, their children are more likely to become overweight. Obese children are twice as likely to have hypertension and elevated cholesterol and are at a greater risk for diabetes. Poor nutrition and inadequate physical activity combined, are the second most preventable cause of death in the USA.
National
- About Overweight and Obesity
- How to Lose and Manage Weight
- Food Environment Atlas
(U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Research Service)
- This atlas assembles statistics on food environment indicators to stimulate research on the determinants of food choices and diet quality; it also provides a spatial overview of a community’s ability to access healthy food and its success in doing so
- USDA Dietary Guidelines l 2010 Guidelines (policy document)
New York State
Madison County
- Obesity Report
- Guidelines for Healthy Meetings
- Ideas for physical activity breaks in meetings l more ideas
- Living Well Partnership - Living Well at Work
- Central New York (CNY) Bounty - Farmer's Market at your door! l flyer
