Worksite Physical Activity Success Story: Mississippi : Making Impactful Changes with an Eye Toward the Future

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity.
• Description:
  WORKSITE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN MISSISSIPPI: OVERVIEW
  
  Obesity and obesity-related illnesses are arguably the biggest public health crises facing Mississippi, which now has the highest adult obesity rate in the nation at 35.1 percent.1 This is a significant increase in the state’s obesity rate; in 1990, the rate was only 15 percent. Further, 36 percent of adults in Mississippi do not participate in regular physical activity, with only 40 percent meeting the standard of 150 minutes per week.2
  
  State legislators in Mississippi decided to proactively address the obesity crisis by improving worksite wellness for state employees, resulting in the State Employee Wellness Program.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Healthy Diet Public Health
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Mississippi
• Pages in Document:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:bcbcabd83ae296882ebb0e8eb7dcd5dc8de95384c748890559784929a60312e9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/79319/cdc_79319_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 272.68 KB ]