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SPORTS MEDICINE :
MEDICAL: CONDITIONS: OBESITY :
PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND FITNESS :
RESEARCH: REPORTS:
Obesity Rises in Nearly All Counties
but Americans Becoming More Physically Active
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Obesity Rises in Nearly All Counties
but Americans Becoming More Physically Active
Public release date: 10-Jul-2013
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Obesity Rises in Nearly All Counties but Americans Becoming More
Physically Active
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No significant increase in life expectancy for women in 1,405 counties in
a quarter century
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SEATTLE More people are running, biking, and exercising in other ways in
hundreds of US counties, according to new research from the Institute for
Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.
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The rise in physical activity levels will have a positive health impact on
Americans by reducing death and chronic disability from cardiovascular
diseases and diabetes. But the trend has had little impact so far on
stopping the rising tide of obesity. As physical activity increased
between 2001 and 2009, so did the percentage of the population considered
obese. Obesity and risk factors from poor diets, smoking, and high blood
pressure all are causing a drag on US life expectancies, which increased
slowly compared to the country's economic peers between 1985 and 2010.
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"Around the country, you can see huge increases in the percentage of
people becoming physically active, which research tells us is certain to
have health benefits," said IHME Director Dr. Christopher Murray, "If
communities in the US can replicate this success and tackle the ongoing
obesity impact, it will see more substantial health gains."
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These results were published July 10 in the open-access, peer-reviewed
journal Population Health Metrics in two studies"Left Behind: Widening
Disparities for Males and Females in US County Life Expectancy, 1985-2010"
and "Prevalence of Physical Activity and Obesity in US Counties 2001-2011:
A Road Map for Action." The findings will be presented by Dr. Murray today
to city and county officials at an event hosted by First Lady Michelle
Obama as part of her Let's Move! campaign.
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Counties in Kentucky, Georgia, and Florida all reported big gains in
physical activity. The highest increase for men was in Concho County,
Texas, up from 41.4% in 2001 to 58.2% in 2009, and women in Morgan County,
Kentucky, increased from 25.7% to 44%. For the study, sufficient physical
activity was defined as 150 total minutes of moderate activity per week or
75 minutes of vigorous activity.
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The complete press release may be read at the URL above.
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Detailed findings by county are available for download and in data
visualization tools at:
http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/
tools/data-visualization/us-health-map
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/qbf76rk
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To explore the trends for the United States in depth, go to our Global
Burden of Disease visualization page and search for the US in any of
IHME's tools:
http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/gbd/visualizations/country
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The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent
global health research organization at the University of Washington that
provides rigorous and comparable measurement of the world's most important
health problems and evaluates the strategies used to address them. IHME
makes this information widely available so that policymakers have the
evidence they need to make informed decisions about how to allocate
resources to best improve population health.
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