2012 Oregon Data

The Oregon Overweight, Obesity, Physical Activity and Nutrition Facts report ("PAN Facts") is a reference presenting the most recent data on physical activity, nutrition, overweight and obesity in Oregon. This fifth edition provides up-to-date information on each topic through the lens of basic demographics such as age, sex, education, income, and body weight status.

• Fifth Edition - 2012 Oregon Overweight, Obesity, Physical Activity and Nutrition Facts - "PAN Facts" (pdf)
• Fourth Edition - 2007 (pdf)

Planning

• The 2007-2012 Statewide Physical Activity and Nutrition Plan (pdf)
  This plan represents the next generation of physical activity and nutrition goals, objectives and strategies for Oregon to combat the problem of overweight/ obesity, physical inactivity, unhealthy eating.
  • 2003: Physical Activity (pdf) | Public Health Nutrition (pdf)

• How to start a Community Coalition to fight Obesity (ppt) - Presented by the Alliance for the Promotion of Physical Activity and Nutrition (APPAN)
• Proven Strategies for Implementing and Employee Wellness Program (ppt)
• Steps to Healthier Aging (ppt) - Presented by the Arthritis Foundation
• Promoting "Active Living by Design" (ppt)
• Strategies for Cultivating, Soliciting and Stewarding Private Support for Public Health Initiatives (ppt)

• Active Community Environments (ACE) Presentation (ppt) [large file: 42 Mb]
• Meet Your New Partners: Land Use and Transportation Planners (pdf)
• Community Design and Activity (pdf)
• What Can You Do? Small Steps Can Make A Big Difference (pdf)
• Exercise: Live Long and Prosper (pdf) - CD Summary Newsletter
• Tools in the Trenches: What Clinicians Can Do About Poor Fitness, Obesity, and Chronic Disease (pdf) - CD Summary Newsletter

Obesity Prevention and Nutrition

• Fruits & Veggies - More Matters®
• "Promoting Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Among Oregon's Children" (Childhood Obesity Study) (pdf)
  Childhood obesity is a looming public health crisis that has crept up on us through the cumulative effects of many small changes in our environment that affect our patterns of physical activity and nutrition.

• SB 931 Obesity Prevention Task Force - The 13-member task force, chaired by Dr. Bruce Goldberg, Director of the Oregon Department of Human Services, was created by the 2007 Legislature to study obesity prevention and treatment and to develop ways to decrease the burden of obesity in Oregon. The group included Senators Margaret Carter and Jeff Kruse and Reps. Tina Kotek and Scott Bruun as well as university experts and state health officials. This task force was charged with drafting a proposal to the legislature by October 2009.

• Obesity challenge is about good choices - and good information - Mel Kohn, M.D., State Epidemiologist.
• Obesity is a public health crisis, it will take more than willpower to reverse the trend - Mel Kohn, M.D., State Epidemiologist.
• Strategies for Policy & Environmental Change (ppt)
• Low-Cost and Revenue-Generating Measures (pdf)

• Disordered Eating Behaviors: Which Teens are at Highest Risk? (pdf) - CD Summary Newsletter

• Obesity Epidemic Hits Oregon (pdf) - CD Summary Newsletter