Physical Activity/Nutrition

• Indicators For Tracking Public Health Priority Areas

Objectives

Each community's progress towards reaching these Prevention Agenda Goals and Objectives will be tracked so members can see how close each community is to meeting the goals.

• By the year 2013, reduce the percentage of New York children who are overweight or obese so that:
  • The percent of WIC children (ages 2-4) who are obese is no more than 11.6%. Baseline: 15.5%, WIC Program data, 2005. (Healthy People 2010 Goal - twenty-five percent improvement from 2005 baseline.)
  • The percent of children ages 6-11 who are obese is no more than 5%. Baseline: unavailable. (Healthy People 2010 Goal)
  • The percent of children ages 12-19 who are obese is no more than 5%. Baseline: unavailable. (Healthy People 2010 Goal)
• By the year 2013, reduce the percentage of adult New Yorkers who are obese to no more than 15.0%. Baseline: 22.9%, BRFSS, 2006. (Healthy People 2010 Goal)
• By the year 2013, increase the percentage of adult New Yorkers who engage in some type of leisure time physical activity to at least 80%. Baseline: 74.0%, BRFSS, 2006. (Healthy People 2010 Goal)
• By the year 2013, increase the percent of adult New Yorkers who have consumed fruits and vegetables five or more times per day to at least 33.0%. Baseline: 26.0%, BRFSS, 2005. (HP2010 Goal)
• By the year 2013, increase the percentage of New York mothers breastfeeding for at least the first 6 months of their babies life to at least 50%. Baseline: 39.5% of WIC mothers, WIC Program data, 2005. (Healthy People 2010 Goal)