A Healthy Indiana: Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice

1. A Healthy Indiana: Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice Laura Hormuth, MS, RD Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity Indiana State Department of Health March 31, 2011

2. Today’s Discussion • The Obesity Epidemic • The Indiana Healthy Weight Initiative • A Call to Action—Indiana’s Comprehensive Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan, 2010-2020 • How the Plan is being implemented in Indiana

3. The Obesity Epidemic • Over the past three decades, the impact and prevalence of overweight and obesity among people have increased at an alarming rate in both Indiana and the nation

4. The Obesity Epidemic Is Real • 29% of adolescents and 65% of adults are overweight and obese in Indiana

5. 3.2 Million Adults • An estimated 3.2 million adults in Indiana are overweight and obese

6. 1.7 Million Adults at Risk Even more frightening… • An estimated 1.7 million adults are at risk of becoming overweight and obese if they are unable to maintain a healthy weight

7. Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC “IF YOU GO WITH THE FLOW IN AMERICAN SOCIETY TODAY, YOU WILL END UP OVERWEIGHT.”

8. Behaviors Central to our Way of Life • Driving, eating, drinking, and sitting in front of a screen for endless hours are deep-seated behaviors that are central to our social and economic way of life • These habitual daily behaviors further underscore the magnitude of this health issue

9. Hoosiers not Meeting Recommendations • Overall, the residents of Indiana fail to eat the recommended number of fruits and vegetables or meet the recommended amount of daily physical activity—two behaviors directly linked to overall good health and well being

10. Poor Nutrition and Sedentary Behaviors • Poor nutrition and sedentary behaviors are contributing to this epidemic

11. Health Consequences of Obesity • Carrying more weight than recommended, being inactive, and eating poorly all lead to preventable and life-threatening diseases

12. Obesity Is Costly • Just as obesity takes a devastating toll on health, it also places a huge financial burden on the health care delivery system

13. Many Other Factors Impact Weight • The places where we live, learn, work, and play influence whether or not a healthy food choice or opportunities to engage in physical active are even an option

14. Being captive to the ill effect of obesity is not the future any of us envisioned The epidemic is real The challenge is on

15. The Indiana Healthy Weight Initiative • The Indiana Healthy Weight Initiative is Indiana’s public health response to the growing need and desire for more communities and settings that support good nutrition and physical activity for all Indiana residents

16. Quality of Life • The initiative seeks to enhance the health and quality of life for all Indiana residents by promoting good nutrition, regular physical activity, and a healthy weight through policy, environment and lifestyle change

17. www.inhealthyweight.org

18. CDC-Funded Initiative • The Indiana Healthy Weight Initiative is a CDC-funded initiative to develop and implement a state plan • The initiative addresses obesity by coordinating statewide efforts with multiple partners • The state plan focuses on the use of policy and environmental approaches

19. To enhance the health and quality of life of Hoosiers by promoting good nutrition, regular physical activity, and a healthy weight through policy, environment, and lifestyle change Mission

20. All Hoosiers practice and enjoy a lifestyle of healthy eating and physical activity within an environment that supports health, wellness, and vitality Vision

21. The State Planwww.inhealthyweight.org After talking about it and planning for almost two years, the Plan is a reality

22. Indiana’s Comprehensive Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan, 2010-2020, outlines in detail the policy, systems, and environmental strategies needed to change the trajectory of health in Indiana Indiana’s call to Action

23. A New Way of Thinking about Health • The Plan is intended to inspire swift, committed, and long-term action across Indiana • Paving the way for: • a new way of thinking about health • A new way of living • And, ultimately, a new generation of communities

24. A Common Vision • The Plan is a call to action for individuals and organizations to collaborate and coordinate efforts to reach a common vision

25. The Plan is Your Roadmap • The Plan should serve as a roadmap directing individuals, groups and organizations toward the creation of healthier environments to support improvements in health behaviors among Indiana residents

26. The Plan’s Focus • The Plan focuses on health outcomes • Maintaining a healthy weight • Improving nutrition • Increasing physical activity • Increasing breastfeeding initiation, duration and exclusivity

27. The Plan uses a Policy and Environmental Approach

28. Across Indiana individuals and organizations are already working on many of the objectives and strategies in the Plan Implementation

29. Farmers Markets Accepting Snap Benefits

30. Local Food Policy Councils

31. Food System Report

32. Bicycle Friendly Communities

33. Complete Streets Policies

34. School Wellness Policies

35. Safe Routes to School

36. Farm to School

37. Garden Initiatives(Schools, Hospitals, Urban)

38. Breastfeeding Initiatives

39. Next Steps: Get involved

40. Individuals and Families • Eat more fruits and vegetables • Increase your daily physical activity • Maintain a healthy weight • Give mothers the support they need to achieve their breastfeeding goals

41. Communities • Support local and regional food systems • Promote and establish community gardening and agricultural initiatives • Complete the sidewalks and streets to support walking and biking in all communities

42. Employers • Provide healthy food and beverages in vending, cafeterias, and at meetings and events • Encourage employees to increase physical activity • Create and foster work environments that support breastfeeding mothers

43. Workplace Programs • Workplace obesity prevention programs can be an effective way for employers to: • Reduce obesity • lower their health care costs • lower absenteeism • increase employee productivity

44. Schools • Adopt a comprehensive food policy with guidelines for purchasing • Increase physical education requirements • Strengthen your school wellness policy

45. Health Care • Provide healthy food in vending, cafeterias, and at meetings • Encourage employees to increase physical activity • Ensure that maternity care practices are fully supportive of breastfeeding

46. Faith-Based Organizations • Learn how to provide healthy potlucks and meeting meals • Plant a garden • Open your building for increased opportunities for physical activity • Create and foster faith-based settings that support breastfeeding mothers

47. What Can You Do Today?

48. www.inhealthyweight.org Visit the Website Sign up to receive email updates Download the State Plan

49. Thank you Laura Hormuth, MS, RD Public Health Nutritionist 317-234-3498 lhormuth@isdh.in.gov

50. www.inhealthyweight.org