The BMI is one way to tell whether you are at a normal weight, are overweight, or have obesity. It measures your weight in relation to your height and provides a score to help place you in a category:

• normal weight: BMI of 18.5 to 24.9
• overweight: BMI of 25 to 29.9
• obesity: BMI of 30 or higher

More than 87% of adults with Diabetes are overweight or obese. It isn't clear why people who are overweight are more likely to develop this disease.

Find your BMI at https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_bmi/english_bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.html 

Obesity serves as a proxy metric for poor diet and limited physical activity and has been shown to have very high reliability. Obesity increases the risk for health conditions such as coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, hypertension, dyslipidemia, stroke, liver and gallbladder disease, sleep apnea and respiratory problems (such as asthma), osteoarthritis, and poor health status.

The Robert K. Fox Family YMCA  

Lancaster Parks and Recreation

Fairfield County Park District

• Active recess
  • Establish a break from the school day, typically before lunch, that involves planned, inclusive, actively supervised games or activities; also called semi-structured, or structured recess
    • https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/active-recess

• Activity programs for older adults
  • Offer group educational, social, creative, musical, or physical activities that promote social interactions, regular attendance, and community involvement among older adults
    • https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/activity-programs-for-older-adults

• Community fitness programs
  • Offer exercise classes (e.g., aerobic dance, yoga, Tai Chi, cycling, etc.) and fitness program support in community, senior, fitness, and community wellness centers
    • https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/community-fitness-programs

• Community-based social support for physical activity
  • Build, strengthen, and maintain social networks that provide supportive relationships for behavior change through walking groups or other community-based interventions
    • https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/community-based-social-support-for-physical-activity

• Competitive pricing for healthy foods
  • Assign higher costs to non-nutritious foods than nutritious foods via incentives, subsidies, or price discounts for healthy foods and beverages or disincentives or price increases for unhealthy choices
    • https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/competitive-pricing-for-healthy-foods

• Complete Streets & streetscape design initiatives
  • Enhance streetscapes with greater sidewalk coverage and walkway connectivity, street crossing safety features, traffic calming measures, and other design elements
    • https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/complete-streets-streetscape-design-initiatives

• Exercise prescriptions
  • Provide patients with prescriptions for exercise plans, often accompanied by progress checks at office visits, counseling, activity logs, and exercise testing
    • https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/exercise-prescriptions

• Fruit & vegetable incentive programs
  • Offer participants with low incomes matching funds to purchase healthy foods, especially fresh fruits and vegetables; often called bonus dollars, market bucks, produce coupons, or nutrition incentives
    • https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/fruit-vegetable-incentive-programs

• Individually-adapted physical activity programs
  • Teach behavioral skills that can help individuals incorporate physical activity into their daily routines
    • https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/individually-adapted-physical-activity-programs

Reduce the proportion of adults with obesity

HP2030 NWS‑03 Target 36.0 percent

Many adults in the United States have obesity, which is linked to chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and several types of cancer. Obesity-related stigma and discrimination can also lead to health problems. Evidence suggests that intensive behavioral interventions that use more than 1 strategy — like group sessions and changes in both diet and physical activity — are an effective way to address obesity.