Health Issue

Adult Obesity 32% of the York County Population

Social Factors

Health Individual Biology and

Policy Making Services Behavior Genetics Social Physical

-Available Community - Uninsured -Food Insecurity -People >18 to <65 -Education 90% -Weight BMI
Nutritional Resources 11% 12% years old 61.4% High School <29kg/m2
-Social norms & Attitudes -Cost barriers -Access to -Male 49.4%: Female Graduate -Physical Inactivity
on Nutrition to care 8.6% exercise 50.6% -Socioeconomics 23% (1)
Related Data -Social Support & Social -Primary Care opportunities -HIV status - Unemployment
Findings Interactions on Nutrition Physicians 78% 184.6/100,000 Rate 7.0%
ratio 1380:1 -Excessive or -Family History -No High School
-75% urban binge drink 17% -Genetics Diploma 12%
25% rural (4) -Insufficient -Metabolic Process (2) -Transportation 77%
sleep 34% (2) use public bus (2)
ECBP-10.8 Increase the AHS-5.1 NWS-17 NWS-9 Reduce the PA-1 Reduce the proportion of adults who
number of community- Increase the Reduce proportion of adults engage in no leisure-time physical activity.
based organizations proportion of consumption of who are obese. (3) (1) (3)
(including local health persons of all calories from
departments, Tribal health ages who have solid fats and ECBP-10.9 Increase the number of
Related HP 2020
services, nongovernmental a specific added sugars in community-based organizations (including
Topics and
organizations, and State source of the population. local health departments, Tribal health
Objectives
agencies) providing ongoing care. (3) services, nongovernmental organizations,
population-based primary (3) and State agencies) providing population-
prevention services based primary prevention services physical
nutrition. (3) activity. (3)

Evidence- Screen for and The National Institutes

based management of of Health offers weight
strategies to patients for loss and weight
improve the obesity, having maintenance therapies
health-related a body mass should include the
behaviors of index of combination of a
persons living 30kg/m2 or reduced-calorie diet,
Evidence Based
in rural areas greater should increased physical
Recommendations
in the United be offered or activity, and behavioral
States should referred to therapy. (5)
be widely intensive,
implemented. multicomponent
(4) behavioral
interventions.
(6)
References
 . (1) Community Preventative Services Task Force. (2017). Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/physical-activity-social-support-

interventions-community-settings.

. (2) County Health Rankings & Roadmaps. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/pennsylvania/2015/rankings/outcomes/acounty

/overall/additional.

. (3) Healthy People 2020. (2014). Retrieved from https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives.

. (4) Matthews, K. A., Croft, J. B., Yong, L., Hua, L., Kanny, D., Wheaton, A. G., & ... Giles, W. H. (2017). Health-related behaviors by urban-rural county

. classification -- United States, 2013. MMWR Surveillance Summaries, 66(5), 1-8.

. (5) Moyer, V. (2012). Screening for and management of obesity in adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Annals Of Internal

Medicine, 157(5), 373-378.

. (6) US Preventative Services Task Force (2017). Retrieved from http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/UpdateSummaryFinal/

obesity-in-adults-screening-and-management.