Northwest Health Foundation Releases Report on Obesity’s Effect on Rising Medical Spending in Oregon from 1998 to 2005
The Northwest Health Foundation has released a report commissioned from Dr. Kenneth Thorpe, Professor and Department Chair at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. The key - and unfortunate - finding of the study is that 34% of the increase in Oregon’s health expenditures between 1998 and 2005 can be attributed to rising obesity prevalence.
Go to: NWHF Press Release - Obesity Report
Trust for America's Health
F as in Fat 2009:
How Obesity Policies are Failing in America
Washington, D.C., July 1, 2009 - Oregon has the 28th highest rate of adult obesity in the nation, at 25.4 percent and the third lowest of overweight youths (ages 10-17) at 24.3 percent, according to a new report by Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).
The rate of obese adults remained consistent in the state in the past year. Adult obesity rates increased in 23 states and did not decrease in a single state in the past year, according to the F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2009. In addition, the percentage of obese and overweight children is at or above 30 percent in 30 states...
Go to: F as in Fat 2009 Report
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