Data & Statistical Reports
Missouri Obesity
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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System (BRFSS) Regional Data Summary, 1998
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services conducts ongoing surveillance
with the assistance of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This
summary presents answers to survey questions related to health behaviors, screening,
quality of life, mental health, impairment, and access to health care and insurance
in Missouri.
Changes in modifiable cardiovascular
disease risk factors among
African Americans in the city of St. Louis, Kansas City,
and the Bootheel region of Missouri, 1990 - 1996
Similar to the study listed above, this report focuses on information gathered
on risk factors between 1990 and 1996.
Chronic Disease
Report, 2000
The trends in Missouri regarding the prevalence of chronic diseases are reviewed
in this annual report provided by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior
Services. It also explores chronic disease-related factors as well as different
kinds of screening tests.
Dietary Intake
Summary Report / Missouri
School-Age Children's
Health Services Program:
School Year 2000 - 2001
This report focuses on nutritional and physical data collected on school-age
children by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Division
of Nutritional Health and Services. Data presented reveals the increasing percent
of overweight children, changing physical activity habits, and the high intake
of sweets and fats by students.
Missouri
Health Status Report:
An Overview - February 2001
The intent of the Missouri Health Status Report from the Missouri Hospital
Association is to provide: information concerning the risks and behaviors that
increase the risks of chronic disease and premature death; regionalized data
with state and national comparisons; and national benchmarks utilizing the
Healthy People 2010 objectives.
For a printed copy of this report, please contact:
Leslie Porth, Vice President of Health Planning
Missouri Hospital Association
4712 Country Club Drive
PO Box 60
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0060
Phone: (573) 893-3700
Missouri Obesity Burden Report
Missouri Obesity Burden Report Executive Summary
The purpose of this report, released by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services in 2005, is to describe the public health problem of obesity in terms of the multiple factors contributing to it; the barriers faced; the economic toll it takes on public and private health; the resources available to combat it; and an overview of Missouri's effort in addressing the issues.
Obesity State
Pediatric Nutrition
Surveillance System (PedNSS) - 1998
Overall nutrition status trends of low-income children aged 0-4 years is focused
on in this Missouri report on children participating in publicly-funded health
and nutrition programs such as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Such information is expected to aid health
professionals in program planning.
Pediatric Nutrition
Surveillance System (PedNSS) - 1996
See previous description.
Pediatric Nutrition
Surveillance System (PedNSS) - 1995
See previous description above.
Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance
System (PNSS) Report - 1997
This paper reports on findings derived from monitoring behavioral and nutritional
risk factors among low-income pregnant women enrolled in Missouri public health
programs. The state has participated in this program since 1989.
Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance
System (PNSS) Report - 1996
See previous description above.
Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance
System (PNSS) Report - 1995
See previous description above.
Prevalence changes in
modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors
in three Missouri regions, 1990-1996
Reprinted from the Missouri State Medical Association's Missouri Medicine ,
this 1998 article is based on the previous studies mentioned above using Missouri's
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data.
Racial/ethnic differences
in the prevalence of modifiable cardiovascular
disease risk factors for three regions of Missouri, 1996
Risk factors focused on in this Missouri study include smoking, physical inactivity,
obesity, hypertension and unmonitored cholesterol. Because there is little
information on cardiovascular disease risk factors among African Americans,
communities with a high percentage of African Americans were selected for this
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services study. Results published
in 2000.
Selected chronic disease
risk factors in
Missouri: Ten year trends and predictions for year 2000
This is a draft version of an article published by Elsevier Science in The
American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 1997. Discussed are ways to help
relieve the burden of chronic disease by modification of lifestyle risk factors,
in particular smoking, physical inactivity, poor nutrition, and obesity.
National and International Reports
Boston Obesity Nutrition Research Center
This site provides information primarily intended for researchers interested
in the program. Funding opportunities as well as sponsoring institutions are
discussed. It is one of the sites linked to the above site.
Center
for Weight and Health Papers
Various papers related to pediatric overweight are found on this Center for
Weight and Health from the University of California, Berkeley.
Community
Task Force on Increasing Physical Activity
This Report on Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention features input from numerous
medical and healthcare sources around the country concerning increasing physical
activity as a way to improve community health. Recommendations include both
public and private suggestions.
Food
Composition and Nutrition Links
From the USDA comes information on food composition, consumption, labeling
and nutrition. Included are links to various sites determined by the USDA to
be useful.
Food
and Nutrition Information Center
This site serves as a gateway to government sites related to nutrition. Typical
links include those with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Institutes
of Health, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Government
Reports On Nutrition Research
Government reports found at the USDA's Food and Nutrition Information Center
cover such topics as portion control, comparative health risks of obesity,
spread of obesity, and how it relates to health.
Human
Nutrition Program
The mission of this program is to conduct basic and applied research to identify
and understand how nutrients and other bioactive food components affect health.
Sponsored by the USDA, this program is administered by the Agricultural Research
Service.
International Obesity Task Force
This website is part of the International Association for the Study of Obesity.
It includes articles provided by leading health professionals from around
the world. The focus is a distinctly international one illustrating the global
scope of the problem.
Minnesota Obesity Center
Dedicated to finding ways to prevent weight gain, obesity and its complications,
this center is also one of several around the country funded by the National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Obesity Nutrition
Research Centers.
National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases Obesity Nutrition Research Centers
With an eye toward acting on the connection between obesity and chronic diseases,
the Institute provides selected links to Obesity/Nutrition Research Centers
around the country. Among the centers are those at Boston Medical Center and
the University of Pittsburgh. The Institute is an arm of the National Institutes
of Health.
Nutrition Transition
and Obesity
The United Nations released this report on "the developing world's new burden:
obesity." It focuses on how obesity can be seen as a result of a series of
changes in diet, physical activity, and health and nutrition-collectively known
as the "nutrition transition."
Obesity Education
Initiative
The overall purpose of this initiative is to help reduce the prevalence of
overweight in order to reduce the risk of related diseases. Special applications
include a menu planner, BMI calculator, and treatment guides. It is sponsored
by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes
of Health.
Obesity Epidemic - How
States Can Trim the 'Fat'
Multi-faceted recommendations in this paper from the National Governors Association's
Center for Best Practices include the joining of forces from schools, insurance
companies, community organizations, and state legislatures.
Overweight
and Obesity Overview
As part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this website focuses
on the problem of overweight and obesity including defining the terms, assessing
the trends, listing the contributing factors, and detailing the consequences.
Surgeon General's
Call to Action to
Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
Various reports on aspects of obesity are featured on this site sponsored by
the office of the U.S. Surgeon General. Included among the reports is the Surgeon
General's Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity , which
may be ordered.
University
of Pittsburgh
Obesity Nutrition Research Center
Another NIDDK research center which features information on the research programs,
speakers, funding, and upcoming events.
Pediatric Reports
Action for Healthy Kids
The organizers of the Healthy Schools Summit sponsor this website, which brings
together the nation's leading education, children's health and nutrition organizations
in a groundbreaking effort to help improve kids' health and educational performance
through better nutrition and physical activity in schools. Numerous resources
and tools are available on the site. First Lady Laura Bush is the Honorary
Chair of the consortium.
Baylor Reports on Children's Nutrition
The Children's Nutrition Research Center from Baylor University sponsors this
site devoted to "Studying nutrition today for the health of future generations." It
features a nutrition newsletter as well as opportunities to participate in
some of the studies.
Childhood Obesity
Frequently updated web site, hosted by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System
with links on childhood obesity, including overviews, news articles, and
other resources.
Childhood
Obesity Resources
This site, sponsored by the USDA, features a food and nutrition resource list
comprised primarily of articles from professional journals (published in 1997
or later), but includes some information available on the World Wide Web, as
well as a small number of consumer educational materials.
Diets of America's
Children
This publication, entitled The Diets of America's Children: Influence of Dining
Out, Household Characteristics, and Nutrition Knowledge, was released by the
Economic Research Service of the USDA as a result of surveys revealing shortcomings
in children's diets.
Iowa Children
and
Adolescent Obesity Position Paper
Professionals representing a variety of Iowa agencies that work with youth
contributed to this position paper, which includes various recommendations
to help reverse the upward trend in overweight children observed in recent
years.
Overweight Kids:
Why Should We Care?
Prepared by the California Research Bureau at the request of members of the
State Senate, this report focuses on both the causes and the costs of overweight
children. It concludes with recommendations on how the problem can be treated.
Pediatric
Overweight: A Review of the Literature
Produced by the Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources,
University of California, Berkeley, for the California Department of Health
Services, this 130-page report discusses such items as the importance of coupling
proper nutrition with sufficient exercise, instituting behavioral modifications,
and removing institutional barriers.
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