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Profile of High Obesity Areas in: North Carolina
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11/17/2017
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Description:Obesity is a major health problem on a national level, but
it is particularly persistent in certain areas. The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Programs to
Reduce Obesity in High Obesity Areas to Boost Prevention
cooperative agreement is focusing on these places. CDC’s
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity (DNPAO)
expanded the original 2014 pilot Programs to Reduce
Obesity in High Obesity Areas cooperative agreement
to combat the obesity problem using environmental
approaches and to help reduce adverse health outcomes
such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and some
cancers in additional places.
The High Obesity Program funds land grant universities
in states with some of the highest obesity areas of the
country, specifically, states with counties where more
than 40% of the adult population is obese. Grantees
collaborate with existing cooperative extension and
outreach services at the county level in their states to
develop obesity solutions.
Grantees put into action a set of evidence-based strategies
in the community setting.
North Carolina (NC) State University is working
with communities in Edgecombe, Halifax, Lee, and
Northampton counties to integrate NC State Extension
programs with county-based efforts to promote
healthy eating and physical activity in several sectors
that include faith communities, parks, schools, and
out-of-school settings. Activities include increasing
access to healthy and local foods, implementing
healthy eating standards in retail food establishments,
supporting healthy eating and physical activity
standards with out-of-school time programs,
connecting neighborhoods to parks, playgrounds,
trails and nature areas for children and families, and
implementing shared use agreements and Active
Routes to School programs.
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