This fact sheet provides information on nutrition, physical activity, and obesity for Dillon County

Department of Health and Environmental Control, Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology

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Physical Inactivity Cost: Total Estimated County: $23,566,362Total Estimated State: $503,470,671Total Estimated United States: $75 billionChildren (Age 2-17)                              Population (6,899) Dillon County1 HP 2020 Objectives3Percent Overweight4  (BMI 85th - 95th percentile) 18.2 --Percent Obese4 (BMI > 95th percentile) 21.2 14.5Percent 60 minutes or more of physical activity daily  24.9 --Adults (Age 18+)                                   Population (22,500) Dillon County SC4 US4 HP 2020 Objectives5Percent Overweight6 (BMI 25 - 29.9) 30.5 34.7 35.4 --Percent Obese6(BMI > 30) 36.0 31.8 29.4 30.5Percent met weekly physical activity recommendation7 40.6 41.1 49.9 47.9Even with this limitation, the estimates of obesity burden are useful for understanding the magnitude of a public health burden.5Data from BRFSS. 6BMI is calculated  by dividing weight (kg)  by height2 (m).                                                    7The physical activity recommendation for adults is at least 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity, or 75 minutes per week of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity or a combination of the moderate and vigorous-intensity physical activity.Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology *These one-year estimates are best used when analyzing large populations and are less reliable than multiple year estimates. 28.21County-level estimates were based on synthetic estimates by using county-level demographic data combined with South Carolina overweight, obesity, physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption prevalence values for children using the South Carolina Childrens Health Assessment Survey (CHAS).  For adults, estimates were based on Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) sampling region estimates instead of state level estimates. For more  information, please visit http://www.childhealthdata.org/docs/nsch-docs/local-use-of-state-data-and-synthetic-estimates.pdf.2For South Carolina, data from CHAS, ages 2-17.  3Healthy People (HP) provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. HP has established benchmarks for these objectives and monitored progress over time. For more information, please visit www.healthypeople.gov.4HP 2020 goal for ages 2-19 obesity prevalence. 2013 Dillon County Obesity Fact SheetNutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Source: www.ecu.edu/picostcalc/sponsor-partner.aspSC214.916.7$1,014$1,423$1,05002004006008001,0001,2001,4001,600Physical InactivityCost per Person ($)Estimated Economic Cost of Physical Inactivity per Adult (Age 18+) Annually in 2013Dillon CountySouth CarolinaUnited States21.236.016.731.80.029.401020304050Children AdultsPercentageObesity Prevalence Among Children1,2 (Age 2-17) and Adults1,5 (Age 18+) in 2013DillonCountySouthCarolinaUnitedStates 5.26.348.931.55.5 6.244.427.336.0 37.7 37.722.60102030405060Child Fruit Child Vegetable Adult Fruit Adult VegetablePercentagePercentage of Children1,2 (Age 2-17) and Adults1,5(Age 18+) who Consume less than one serving of Fruits or Vegetables Daily in 2013Dillon CountySouthCarolinaUnited States

2013 Dillon County Obesity Fact Sheet

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2013 Dillon County Obesity Fact Sheet

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