Small steps/big difference

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• Alternative Title:
  Unhealthy behaviors in American adults
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Called also: Unhealthy behaviors in American adults.
  
  Americans are living longer, but unhealthy behaviors continue to compromise our health.
  
  • 1 in 4 adults is a current smoker
  
  • More than one in three adults is obese
  
  • Only one in five adults meets recommended levels of physical activity
  
  • Fewer than half of adults with high blood pressure and less than a third of adults with high cholesterol have it under control.
  
  Small Steps can make a big difference.
  
  For example, if each American cut back just 100 Calories a day for 3 years, we could prevent over 57 million potentially fatal cases of heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
  
  Health care workers can:
  
  • Screen for risk factors
  
  • Counsel, treat and monitor patients
  
  • Encourage them to take their medicines and make healthier choices
  
  • Connect patients to community resources
  
  
• Subjects:
  Health Behavior Health Promotion
• Document Type:
  Poster
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 infographic
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:00cd1e8d9324194ca50aa7fa3078e9c763825147b1ed201e8a2b7cb8f4c6c1ef
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/25799/cdc_25799_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.80 MB ]