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☆ Obesity is becoming more common in a growing number of states, CDC data show
  + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —Obesity is becoming more common in a growing number of states, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2022, 22 states had at least 35% of adults with obesity, up from 19 states in 2021. Ten years ago, CDC said, no state had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%. The data is from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a survey conducted by the CDC and state health departments. Obesity rates were lowest among young adults, with about 1 in 5 people ages 18 to 24 considered to have obesity.
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☆ Growing obesity crisis in U.S. prompts CDC to expand body mass index charts for severely overweight kids
  + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released new body mass index charts for children in response to the growing obesity crisis in the U.S. More than 4.5 million children and teenagers had severe obesity in 2018, according to the CDC. The BMI charts from 2000 will still be used for children who are not obese, according to CDC. By 2018, 19.3% of kids were obese and 6.1% were severely obese, according to National Center for Health Statistics. Severe obesity is a BMI that is 120% higher than the 95th percentile.
☆ Community health groups that played crucial role during Covid-19 pandemic say they’re being left out of government funding
  + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Elizabeth Cohen Lauren Mascarenhas | Elizabeth Cohen | Lauren Mascarenhas | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +13 min
“A lot of times, the funding streams have names that say ‘community,’ ‘community-based organizations’ or ‘community health workers,’ but the funding often goes to states and doesn’t end up helping at a grass-roots level,” said Denise Smith, executive director of the National Association of Community Health Workers. “HRSA strongly values the critical role that community health workers play – and can increasingly play – in supporting the health and well-being of communities. “Community health workers are frontline public health workers who are trusted members of the community they serve. The group’s promotores de salud, or community health workers, encouraged vaccination and set up a hotline to distribute accurate information about the virus. “Grantees will be able to hire community health workers, as needed and appropriate,” said Nordlund, the CDC spokesperson.
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