More Information and References for Overweight or obese
References and Community Resources
Healthy Environments Active Living Program, Utah Department of Health and Human Services [[br]] [https://heal.utah.gov/] The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion provides consumer information at [https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/divisions-offices/about-the-division-of-nutrition-physical-activity-and-obesity.html]. National Institutes of Health: Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity [https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/science/obesity-nutrition-and-physical-activity] The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight & Obesity: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20669513/] More information on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System may be found on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - [https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.html].More Resources and Links
Evidence-based community health improvement ideas and interventions may be found at the following sites:Additional indicator data by state and county may be found on these Websites:
- CDC Prevention Status Reports for all 50 states
- County Health Rankings
- Kaiser Family Foundation's StateHealthFacts.org
- CDC WONDER DATA2010, the Healthy People 2010 Database.
Medical literature can be queried at the PubMed website.
