Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity

1. Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity Building a Healthier Chicago All-Stakeholders Meeting February 26, 2010

2. Obesity Epidemic in Illinois • One in five Illinois children are obese, the fourth worst rate in the nation. • Illinois ranks in the top ten states for obese/overweight adolescents (ages 10-17 years). • Two-thirds of all Illinoisans are overweight or obese

3. Economic Impact • In Illinois, adult obesity alone currently adds $3.4 billion to annual health care costs, including $1 billion to Medicaid and $800 million to Medicare. • 56% of publicly insured children are overweight or obese (the highest state prevalence in the nation).

4. Strategy to Reverse Obesity Trends • The Illinois Public Health Institute (IPHI): • Supports active engagement of public health stakeholders in multiple sectors • Supports coordination of efforts at all government levels to address public health concerns. • Envisions and achieves change to improve public health together with stakeholders • Accomplishments: State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP).

5. Strategy to Reverse Obesity Trends • State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) • Vision • Obesity priorities (nutrition and physical activity) • The Obesity Prevention Act (PA96-0155), • Informs policy makers of solutions and promotes coordination of existing initiatives through three public hearings.

6. Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity • A broad range of stakeholders working to combat the obesity epidemic in Illinois. • Share a common vision and beliefs • Shaping and advancing statewide solutions to reverse dangerous obesity trends.

7. Illinois Alliance to Prevent ObesityLeadership Council Illinois Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Illinois Association of Public Health Administrators Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics Illinois Hospital Association Illinois Local Food & Farm Coalition Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition Illinois Public Health Association Illinois Public Health Institute Midwest Business Group on Health Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium Ounce of Prevention Fund Salud Latina Southern Illinois Healthcare University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health Voices for Illinois Children YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago Active Transportation Alliance American Association of Retired People-Illinois American Cancer Society – Illinois Division American Heart Association-Midwest Affiliate American Lung Association of Illinois American Medical Association Building a Healthier Chicago Chicago Department of Public Health Chicago Hispanic Health Coalition Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children Cook County Department of Public Health Heartland Human Care Services Illinois Academy of Family Physicians Illinois Action for Children Illinois African American Coalition for Prevention

8. Phase 1: Public Hearings • A stepping stone to identify groups and begin building the grassroots. • Chicago- February 26th from 1pm-4pm • Springfield - March 8th from 10am-1pm • Carbondale- March 15th from 10am-1pm

9. Phase 2: Statewide Obesity Prevention SummitSeptember 2010 • Engage a broader group of stakeholders • Identify solutions • Develop a call to action

10. Phase 3: Statewide Action • Coordinating and leveraging what is being done • Changing policy and investing more

11. Support the Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity Complete the Statement of Support Promote the Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity www.iphionline.org Facebook Join a working group Attend the statewide summit

12. Contacts • Elissa Bassler, CEO elissa.bassler@iphionline.org Office: 312-850-IPHI (4744) www.iphionline.org • Karen Berg, Project Manager karenrberg@gmail.com Office: 773-279-9497

13. THANK YOU!