High Obesity Program (HOP), 2023 – 2028
Sixteen land grant universities have received funding to implement CDC’s High Obesity Program (HOP). In the five-year program (CDC-RFA-DP-23-0013), the universities will work with community extension services to implement evidence-based strategies for:
- Food and nutrition security through food service and nutrition guidelines plus fruit and vegetable vouchers and produce prescriptions
- Safe and accessible physical activity
- Family healthy weight programs
- Early care and education (ECE) settings
The strategies will address health disparities related to poor nutrition, physical inactivity, or obesity. Obesity in the United States affects 100.1 million adults and 14.7 million children and accounts for approximately $173 billion in annual health care costs.
HOP recipients work in counties where 40% or more of adults have obesity. Recipients will leverage state investments, partnerships, and resources from sectors such as agriculture, transportation, education, healthcare, parks and recreation, business, housing, and defense.
Learn more about the past High Obesity Programs.
High Obesity Program Recipients (FY2023)
Download the FY2023 Recipient [PDF-275KB] HOP map.
| State | Recipient | Counties Working In | FY2023 Funding Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Auburn University (Auburn) | Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Dallas, Escambia, Etowah, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Russell, Sumter, and Wilcox | $888,000 |
| Arkansas | University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service (Little Rock) | Bradley, Crittenden, Desha, Drew, Hempstead, Logan, Monroe, Phillips, Poinsett, Pope, and St. Francis | $780,000 |
| Georgia | University of Georgia (Athens) | Calhoun, Clay, Dooly, Stewart, Taliaferro, Burke, Crisp, McDuffie, Richmond, Rockdale, Sumter, and Washington | $804,000 |
| Iowa | Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Ames) | Cedar, Clinton, Crawford, Franklin, Muscatine, and Pottawattamie | $510,000 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge) | Madison, Tensas, East Carroll, Morehouse, St. Helena, Assumption, Catahoula, Claiborne, Winn, Washington, Terrebonne, and St. Martin | $804,000 |
| Mississippi | Mississippi State University (Starkville) | Bolivar, Chickasaw, Claiborne, Clay, Holmes, Humphries, Issaquena, Kemper, Noxubee, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington, Webster, and Yazoo | $888,000 |
| Missouri | The Curators of University of Missouri (Columbia) | New Madrid, Mississippi, Scott, Stoddard, Ripley, Wayne, Howell, Wright, Crawford, and Washington | $768,000 |
| North Carolina | North Carolina State University (Raleigh) | Warren, Halifax, Northampton, Hertford, Bertie, Washington, Lenoir, Jones, Columbus, and Robeson | $768,000 |
| Ohio | The Ohio State University (Columbus) | Lawrence and Fayette | $499,330 |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma State University (Stillwater) | Adair, LeFlore, Okfuskee, Lincoln, Craig, Okmulgee, Haskell, Muskogee, Kay, Nowata, and Sequoyah | $780,000 |
| South Carolina | Clemson University (Clemson) | Marlboro, Dillon, Marion, Darlington, Florence, Lee, Orangeburg, Allendale, Bamberg, and Hampton | $768,000 |
| South Dakota | South Dakota State University (Brookings) | Buffalo, Corson, Dewey, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Todd, and Ziebach | $525,000 |
| Tennessee | The University of Tennessee (Knoxville) | Clay, Crockett, Decatur, Hancock, Hardeman, Haywood, and Henderson | $525,000 |
| Texas | Texas A&M (College Station) | Angelina, Cameron, Cherokee, Falls, Hidalgo, Houston, Maverick, Morris, Newton, San Augustine, Webb, Wharton, and Wilbarger | $828,000 |
| West Virginia | West Virginia University (Morgantown) | Braxton, Boone, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Monroe, and Summers | $768,000 |
| Wisconsin | University of Wisconsin (Madison) | Ashland and Menominee | $500,000 |
