文章基本信息

标题：Community-Based Obesity Prevention and Intervention......Approaches: From Infancy to Adulthood
本地全文：下载
作者：Chia-Hsin Emily Cheng
期刊名称：Californian Journal of Health Promotion
电子版ISSN：1545-8725
出版年度：2012
卷号：10
期号：Special I
页码：v
出版社：Californian Journal of Health Promotion
摘要：How is it, that despite our increased awareness and knowledge on health and wellness, the prevalence of obesity in the United States continues to be alarmingly high. Nationally, over one-third of adults and almost 17% of youth were obese in 2009-2010 (CDC, 2012; Ogden, Carroll, Kit & Flegal, 2012). Across the U.S., nine states had an obesity prevalence of over 30% in 2009 compared to no states in 2000, and none of the 50 states met the Healthy People 2010 objective of lowering obesity prevalence to 15%. And in 2008, medical bills for obesity-related conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke and some cancers amounted to about $147 billion (CDC, 2010).