How Does Your State & County Stack Up?

Do you like playing with interactive web tools?
Are you curious about how obese and inactive your state and county are compared to others?

Then check out this nifty new tool from the CDC. It illustrates state and county level estimates of inactivity, diagnosed diabetes and obesity. Just select your state and which estimates you want to see. And, yes, the 2008 data is the most current they have, so the estimates are probably low (ie, it's probably worse now than it was then.)

If you look at the national map, you'll see certain "trends." Much of the Deep South has high rates of inactivity and also have high rates of diabetes and obesity. On the opposite side of the spectrum, check out Colorado. What are they doing right that the rest of us can mimic/learn from?

After you are done pondering the state of your county or the state of your state, take a few moments to check out the resources on the CDC website. Although I didn't include it on my recent list of reliable websites, I will now be adding it. It has solid information and data related to a variety of health issues.