NCCDPHP Success Story : Local Walking Paths Promote Physical Activity in Yonkers, New York

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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:
  Public Health Challenge
  
  Physical activity can help control weight
  
  and lower the risk of heart disease, stroke,
  
  type 2 diabetes, and some cancers. The
  
  2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for
  
  Americans recommend that adults get 150
  
  minutes of moderateintensity
  
  aerobic activity and 2 or more days of musclebuilding
  
  activity each week to improve their
  
  health. Only 20% of New York adults met
  
  those recommendations in 2015. Yonkers is
  
  in Westchester County, NY, where the
  
  obesity rate is 20%, according to the 2017
  
  County Health Rankings.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Healthy Diet Public Health
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  New York
• Pages in Document:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f7ed9dc0d845e4339d8fa0f5e84d17adace55e7ca5aa5afc8a883cf1eb9a5a6d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/79332/cdc_79332_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 377.63 KB ]