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http://www.newsweek.com/id/233006

Health rankings rate Central Florida Counties

The 2010 Health Ranking for Central Florida counties refelct the overall health of every county and measure specific factors such as healthy behaviors and physical environment.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-02-17/features/os-county-health-rankings-20100217_1_counties-health-care-mental-health

F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America, 2008

This fifth annual report from the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) found that obesity rates rose over the past year in 37 states – including Florida!

http://healthyamericans.org/reports/obesity2008/Obesity2008Report.pdf

2008 Orange County Health Profile

The Health Council of East Central Florida presents demographic and socio-economic data in conjunction with key health indicators.

http://www.hcecf.org/HCdocs/Orange2008a.pdf

Physical Activity and Community Design

This brief describes the connection between physical activity and health, as well as actions that states are taking to redesign their communities to allow people to be physically active in their daily routines. Strategies highlighted include creating mixed-use development, encouraging multiple forms of transportation and building safe routes for children to walk and bicycle to school.

http://65.181.142.130/images/stories/brief_ncsl_physicalactivityandcommunitydesign_june2004.pdf

Overcoming Obstacles to Health

This RWJF report to the Commission provides a profile of the current state of health in America, focusing specifically on the role that social factors like income, education, and race and ethnicity play in Americans' health and the areas that hold promise for improving the opportunities for all Americans to live healthier and more productive lives.

http://www.commissiononhealth.org/PDF/ObstaclesToHealth-Report.pdf