Texas! Bringing Healthy Back Presents: Growing Community

The increasing prevalence of overweight and obese children and adults is a serious concern for Texas. Being overweight increases a person’s risk of heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, and other serious medical conditions that impact quality of life and have substantial economic consequences for our healthcare system. The economic costs of overweight and obesity in Texas during 2001 were an estimated $10.5 billion. This includes direct healthcare costs, such as medicines and hospital stays, and indirect costs, such as lost productivity and wages due to illness and death. If the trend in increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity persists, the annual costs associated with excess weight in Texas is projected to reach $15.6 billion by 2010 and could skyrocket to $39 billion by the year 2040.

Find out what's being done in Texas to fight obesity by making healthy eating and active living the easy choice and order your “Growing Community Media Kit” https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/obesity/GrowingCommunityKit.shtm to use in your area today.

The Growing Community video series is a communications initiative and tool created to educate and inspire communities into action against obesity in Texas.

The series is broken down into six obesity prevention topic areas that correspond with the six evidence-based target areas recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/ as having the greatest evidence to support their use in combating obesity and obesity related disabilities in communities and organizations.

Link to all The Growing Community video series in English/Spanish/Captioned http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/obesity/GrowingCommunity/default.shtm