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Healthy Comprehensive Planning for South Carolina Study

Healthy Comprehensive Planning for South Carolina Study. Lori Phillips, MPH, MCHES SC DHEC Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity SC American Planning Association October 17, 2013. The Public Health Perspective.

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Healthy Comprehensive Planning for South Carolina Study

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  1. Healthy Comprehensive Planning for South Carolina Study Lori Phillips, MPH, MCHES SC DHEC Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity SC American Planning Association October 17, 2013

  2. The Public Health Perspective • In 2012, SC had the 7th highest percent of obesity among adults (in 2011 we were 8th). • In 2011, SC had the 13th highest percent of overweight and obese high school students (out of 44 states that conduct YRBSS).

  3. < 50% 50 – 54% 55 – 59% 60 – 64% 65 – 69% 70% + Percent of Overweight and Obese (BMI ≥ 25) in S.C. Adults2010 Cherokee Greenville Spartanburg York Pickens Oconee Union Chester Chesterfield Lancaster Marlboro Laurens Anderson Fairfield Kershaw Darlington Dillon Newberry Abbeville Lee Marion Greenwood Florence Lexington Richland Sumter Saluda Horry McCormick Edgefield Williamsburg Calhoun Clarendon Aiken Orangeburg Georgetown Barnwell Bamberg Dorchester Berkeley Allendale Colleton Hampton Charleston Jasper Beaufort

  4. What Factors Affect Obesity? • Biology • Genes • Behaviors • Diet • Physical activity • Environments • Social • Physical

  5. The Public Health Perspective • While 2.1 percent of work trips in South Carolina are by bicycle or on foot, bicyclists and pedestrians account for 11.9 percent of traffic fatalities in the state. • South Carolina spends just 0.6 percent of its federal transportation dollars on biking and walking, ranking 46th among states for investing in biking and walking.

  6. The Physical Environment: Where Planning and Public Health Intersect • People living in highly walkable, mixed-use communities(where residential, commercial, and office land uses are located near each other) are more than twice as likely to get 30 or more minutes of daily exercise as those living in auto-oriented, single-use areas. • People who live within walking distance (1/4 mile) of a park are 25 percent more likely to meet their minimum weekly exercise recommendation.

  7. The Physical Environment: Where Planning and Public Health Intersect • Residents in communities with a more “imbalanced food environment” (where fast food and corner stores are more convenient and prevalent than grocery stores) have more health problems and higher mortality than residents of areas with a higher proportion of grocery stores, when other factors are held constant. • The presence of a supermarket in a neighborhood is linked to higher fruit and vegetable consumption and a reduced prevalence of overweight and obesity.

  8. How can we systematically address the physical environment in SC? So, if we know these things, how can we systematically address the physical environment to improve health in SC?

  9. Obesity Prevention Requires All Sectors of Influence Working Together Active Living and Healthy Eating Science Base For Obesity Prevention Medical System Food & Beverage Industry Land Use Trans- portation Agriculture Schools Community Home Child Care Media Work Site

  10. Other efforts to address healthy eating and active living in SC • SC Obesity Council • Healthy SC Initiative • Local health coalitions

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