State’s Obesity Rates Get Worst
Dec 14, 2009 Disease, Health, Lifestyle
An analysis of diabetes and obesity on the county level in Tennessee shows that conditions go from bad to worse. Williamson County has the lowest rates, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention breakdown. But even there 8.8 percent of the adults have been diagnosed with diabetes and almost a quarter of the population is obese.
The state’s highest rates were found in Hardeman County in southwest Tennessee, where 13.1 percent of people have diabetes and 37.5 percent are obese.
The new breakdown on a county level will let counties compare similarities and differences, Dr. Roger Cone, director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Obesity and Metabolism told The Tennessean.
“Like why do two counties have similar risk factors, but different obesity and diabetes rates?” Cone said. “Could it be that one school district has a more rigorous physical education program?”
Some changes are on the way to improve the health of Tennesseans. Starting in March, fast-food chains in Nashville will be required to list calorie contents. It’s a change being considered on the federal level.
“The goal is to have the calorie information available at the point of decision-making for consumers so they can make an informed purchasing decision,” said Tracy Buck of the Metro Nashville Health Department.
Buck knows what problems contribute to Davidson County’s 30 percent obesity rate: lack of access to healthy food in some areas, neighborhoods without sidewalks, and lots of fast-food restaurants. But she said she’s interested in seeing how Nashville compares to other cities of the same size.
Wide sections of the South and Appalachia have high rates of obesity, including Kentucky and West Virginia. Tennessee ranks as the fourth-fattest state in the nation. Nashville Tennessean
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