The High Obesity Program: Overview of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Cooperative Extension Services Efforts to Address Obesity
PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE BRIEF — Volume 17 — March 19, 2020
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Figure.
Counties selected for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s High Obesity Program, 2014–2018. Sources: Esri (2), HERE (3), Garmin (4), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (5), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (6), US Geological Survey (7), OpenStreetMap (8), and US Census Bureau (9).
| State | Counties |
|---|---|
| Alabama | Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Coosa, Crenshaw, Cullman, Escambia, Greene, Lowndes, Macon, Pickens, Sumter, Wilcox |
| Arkansas | Chicot, Craighead, Jefferson, Monroe, Ouachita, Woodruff |
| Georgia | Calhoun, Taliaferro |
| Indiana | Jackson, Lawrence |
| Kentucky | Clinton, Elliott, Letcher, Lewis, Logan, Martin |
| Louisiana | Madison, St. Helena, Tensas, Webster, West Feliciana, Winn |
| North Carolina | Edgecombe, Halifax, Lee, Northampton |
| South Dakota | Bennett, Buffalo, Campbell, Corson, Union, Ziebach |
| Tennessee | Haywood, Humphreys, Lake, Lauderdale |
| Texas | Hidalgo |
| West Virginia | Barbour, Gilmer, Pleasants |
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