State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) 2021-2025
OBESITY
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Obesity is associated with major causes of death and disability, and its effect on predisposing individuals to the development of type 2 diabetes is so strong that the onset of this disease now is occurring in childhood. In the United States alone, one-third of adults are now obese, and the prevalence of obesity among children has risen from 5 to 17 percent in the past 30 years. . In economic terms, the estimated annual cost of obesity-related illness based on data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for 2000-2005 is $190.2 billion (in 2005 dollars), or nearly 21 percent of annual medical spending in the United States.
The ADH in collaboration with its community partners will address these issues by highlighting the importance of a healthy lifestyle (- Center for Disease Control and Prevention and The National Academies Press)
The ADH and its community partners will implement strategies to decrease obesity prevalence among Arkansas youths and adults.
Alliance for a Healthier Generation - Arkansas
Arkansas Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics
Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI)
Arkansas Coalition for Obesity Prevention (ArCOP)
Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese
Arkansas Department of Agriculture
Arkansas Department of Education, Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)
Arkansas Department of Health
Arkansas Department of Human Services, Division of Childcare and Early Childhood Education (DCCESE)
Arkansas Department of Human Services, SNAP
Arkansas Deptartment of Transportation
Arkansas Farm to School
Arkansas Heart Hospital
Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance (AHRA)
Arkansas Minority Health Commission
ArCare
Boys and Girls Clubs
Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention - AR Children’s
Consulate of Mexico in Little Rock
Culinary Institutes
Growing Healthy Communities (GHC)/mayors
Healthy Active Arkansas
Hometown Health Improvement Coalitions
Hospitals
Library System
Metroplan
Natural Wonders, AR Children's
Univ of AR Cooperative Extension Services
University of Arkansas Medical School College of Public Health