1. Joseph Dubato

2. Overview
 Explore the following compared to the U.S.:
 Overweight and Obesity in New York State
 Physical Activity in New York State
 Diabetes in New York State

3. Overweight and Obese
New York State Nationwide
 In 1995, 35.4% of New  In 1995, 35.5% of Americans
Yorkers were overweight were overweight
 Only 13.9% were obese  15.9% were obese
 In 2005, 37.6% were  In 2005, 36.7% were
overweight overweight
 22.2% obese  24.4% were obese
 In 2010, 36.9% overweight  In 2010, 36.2% overweight
 24.5% obese  27.5% were obese

4. Physical Activity
 Criteria for adequate physical activity:
 30+ minutes moderate activity
 At least 5 days per week
 20+ minutes vigorous activity
 At least 3 days per week

5. Physical Activity (cont.)
New York State Nationwide
 In 2001, 44.8% of adults fit  In 2001, 46.1% of adults fit
this criteria the criteria
 In 2005, 48.1% fit this criteria  In 2005, 49.1% fit the criteria
 In 2009, 50.8% fit this criteria  In 2009, 51% fit the criteria

6. Diabetes
Obesity can cause health risks, such as diabetes.
New York United States
 In 2005:  In 2005:
 8.1% had diabetes  7.3% had diabetes
 O.7% had borderline  0.8% had borderline diabetes
diabetes
 In 2010:
 In 2010:  8.7% had diabetes
 8.9% had diabetes  1.2% had borderline diabetes
 1.3%had borderline diabetes

7. Physical
Inactivity
Obesity
Diabetes

8. Year Obesity Diabetes
Obesity vs. 2005 22.2% 8.1%
2006 22.9% 7.6%
Diabetes 2007 25.5% 8.2%
The table to the right illustrates the
2008 25.1% 8.4%
relationship between obesity and
diabetes. 2009 24.6% 8.9%
2010 24.5% 8.9%

9. Summary
 Overweight and Obesity percentages are constantly
increasing in NYS.
 Diabetes in New York is on the rise.
 Physical Activity can contribute to obesity, which can
cause diabetes.

10. Sources
 Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011)
BRFSS Prevalence and Trends Data Retrieved from
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/
 Vegh, T. (2010) At the beach- male abdominal obesity
[Image] Retrieved February 15, 2012 from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:At_the_beach_-
_male_abdominal_obesity.JPG
 Heilman, J. (2008) Obesity6 [Image] Retrieved
February 16, 2012 from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Obesity6.JPG