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How Hawaii Became One Of The Healthiest States In The Nation
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How Hawaii Became One Of The Healthiest States In The Nation
The Huffington Post
By Erin Schumaker
Posted: 05/29/2015 7:00 am EDT
Updated: 05/29/2015 4:00 pm EDT
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/29/
hawaii-least-obese-state-healthiest_n_7451278.html
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/pk6flcr
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Hawaii was also one of five states that reduced its obesity rate the most
between 2013 and 2014, when the survey was conducted.
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By contrast, obesity grew nationwide to 27.7 percent in 2014, up from 27.1
percent in 2013 and 25.5 percent in 2008, the first year that
Gallup-Healthways conducted its well-being survey. The state with the
highest obesity level in the nation was Missouri, with 30.9 percent of its
population suffering from the condition.
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So how did Hawaii become number one? Calhoun emphasized that Hawaii has
implemented "an enormous amount of programming around health and healthy
lifestyle behaviors." Kathryn Braun, director of the Office of Public
Health Studies and a professor of public health at the University of
Hawaii, confirmed this sentiment. Hawaii -- particularly the island of
Kauai -- has seen a variety of island-wide health initiatives in recent
years, including more walking and bike paths and safer routes to schools
for children, she said.
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Braun also pinpointed effective health strategies, such as the Hawaii
State Department of Health's Healthy Hawaii initiative, which since 2000
has focused on reducing smoking rates, increasing physical activity and
promoting healthy eating among residents, as well as the PILI Ohana
Partnership, a community-based research organization specifically designed
to reduce health disparities such as obesity in the Native Hawaiian and
Pacific populations.
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Here are three other things Hawaii is doing right:
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List of factors making Hawaii lowest in obesity rate:
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Hawaii residents don't smoke
Relationship between Smoking and Obesity:
A Cross-Sectional Study of 499,504
Middle-Aged Adults in the UK General Population
Shadrach Dare,
Daniel F. Mackay,
Jill P. Pell
PLOS
Published: April 17, 2015
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123579
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Hawaii is food secure
Abstract
J Acad Nutr Diet. 2012 Sep;112(9):1403-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2012.06.011.
Food insecurity is associated with obesity among US adults in 12 states.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22939441
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Hawaii residents benefit from low levels of depression
Meta-analysis
March 2010
Overweight, Obesity, and DepressionA Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
of Longitudinal Studies FREE
Floriana S. Luppino, MD; Leonore M. de Wit, MS; Paul F. Bouvy, MD, PhD;
Theo Stijnen, PhD; Pim Cuijpers, PhD; Brenda W. J. H. Penninx, PhD; Frans
G. Zitman, MD, PhD
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010;67(3):220-229.
doi:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.2.
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