Georgia Statistics

• Physical inactivity cost Georgia $569 million in hospital charges in 2004 (GA DHR)
• 71% of middle school students are vigorously active and 61% of high school students are vigorously active.  (2005 Georgia Student Health Survey)
• Only 2 in 5 (42%) adults are regularly active.  (2005 Georgia Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System)
• 62.9% of Georgia adults are overweight or obese. (CDC BRFSS, 2005)
• 27.3% of Georgia high-school students are overweight or at risk of overweight. (CDC YRBSS, 2005)
• 30.1% of low-income children between 2 and 5 years of age in Georgia are overweight or at risk of overweight. (CDC PedNSS, 2005)
• Georgia ranks 39th in level of physical inactivity among school-aged children, CDC 2002
• One in three children in Georgia are overweight or at risk for becoming overweight.  Healthcare Georgia Foundation 2005
• Only 1 in 5 (18%) high school students and only 1 in 4 adults eat the recommended 5 or more servings of fruit and vegetables per day. ( Georgia Student Health Survey 2005 and the Georgia Health Plan Survey 2004)

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