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Physical Activity

Physical Activity

Get recommended level: 56.6 percent

No leisure-time/physical activity: 21.9 percent


Fruits and Vegetables

Fruits and Vegetables

Eat 2 or fewer servings a day: 37.6 percent

Eat 5 or more servings a day: 25.1 percent


Obesity

Obesity

Adults overweight or obese: 59.3 percent

High school students overweight or at risk: 22 percent

Low-income children 2-5 overweight or at risk: 12 percent


Annual medical expenditures attributable to adult obesity

Annual Medical Expenditures Attributable to Adult Obesity

Percent of population: 4.9 percent

Dollars spent (millions): $175

Percent of Medicare population: 6.2 percent

Medicare dollars spent (millions): $41

Percent of Medicaid population: 9.8 percent

Medicaid dollars spent (millions): $48


Populations significantly above the national median

Populations Above the National Median - Overweight

Other

NOTE: N/A = Data not available


Sources

Physical Activity, Fruits and Vegetables, Obesity: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005.

Annual Medical Expenditures Attributable to Adult Obesity, Populations Above the National Median - Overweight: Finkelstein et al. “National Medical Spending Attributable to Overweight and Obesity: How Much and Who’s Paying?” Health Affairs,Web exclusive, May 2003.