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Pennsylvania's Response to Obesity

  • The Pennsylvania School Nutrition Initiative sought to enable school-age children to make healthier food and beverage choices by implementing four key strategies.

  • Community Walking Groups - To increase opportunities for physical activity, the Pennsylvania Department of Health and its partners created the WalkWorks initiative, a network of community-based walking routes and walking groups.

Pennsylvania

State Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Profile

Download State Profile [PDF – 1.1MB]

Adult Overweight and Obesity

Among Pennsylvania's adults age 18 and over 1

  • 65.0% were overweight, with a Body Mass Index of 25 or greater
  • 28.6% were obese, with a Body Mass Index of 30 or greater

Adolescent Overweight and Obesity

Among Pennsylvania’s adolescents in grades 9 through 12 2

  • 15.9% were overweight (≥ 85th and < 95th percentiles for BMI by age and sex)
  • 11.8% were obese  (≥95th percentile BMI by age and sex)

Child Overweight and Obesity

Among Pennsylvania's children aged 2 years to less than 5 years 3

  • 14.9 % were overweight (85th to < 95th percentile BMI-for-Age)
  • 12.0  % were obese (≥ 95th percentile BMI-for-Age)

For more detailed data on rates of fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity and breastfeeding, please see Pennsylvania’s State Profile [PDF – 1.1MB].

References

  1. CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System: Prevalence and Trend Data – Overweight and Obesity, U.S. Obesity Trends, Trends by State 2010. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/
  2. CDC, Division of Adolescent and School Health. The 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm
  3. CDC, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity. 2010 Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/pednss/pednss_tables/
    tables_health_indicators.htm

 

 
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