The state of obesity: better policies for a healthier America : 2017

The state of obesity: better policies for a healthier America : 2017

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Issue report (Trust for America's Health)
Author(s):
Segal, Laura M., author
Rayburn, Jack, author
Beck, Stacy E., author
Contributor(s):
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, issuing body.
Trust for America's Health, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, DC : Trust for America's Health, August 2017
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Health Policy
Obesity -- epidemiology
Obesity -- prevention & control
Pediatric Obesity -- epidemiology
Pediatric Obesity -- prevention & control
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Child Health Services
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Child, Preschool
Community Health Services
Continental Population Groups
Cost of Illness
Diet, Healthy
Educational Status
Exercise
Federal Government
Food Assistance
Food Supply
Government Programs
Income
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Local Government
Maternal Health
Middle Aged
Motor Activity
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Obesity -- economics
Obesity -- therapy
Pediatric Obesity -- economics
Pediatric Obesity -- therapy
School Health Services
State Government
Humans
United States
United States. Department of Agriculture.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services.
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Obesity is one of the biggest health concerns in communities across the country, with about 70 percent of county officials ranking it as a leading problem where they live. Factors related to obesity are also rated as communities' priority health issues, including nutrition and physical activity at 58 percent, heart disease and hypertension at 57 percent and diabetes at 44 percent.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (107 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101739300 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101739300