Evidence-Based Practices for
Healthiest Wisconsin 2010

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This page provides access to information about evidence-based practices for achieving objectives of the Healthiest Wisconsin 2010 health priority "Overweight, Obesity, and Lack of Physical Activity." Below you will see the objectives in the implementation plan for this health priority.

Select an objective to see summary results of research on the effectiveness of various public health strategies (interventions) to achieve the objective. Note that for some objectives, no link is provided because a research summary has not yet been completed.

1. Leadership:  By 2010, an infrastructure will be in place that fosters the development, support, and sustainability of healthy lifestyles among Wisconsin residents.
   
   
2. Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents:  Between 2000 and 2010, increase the proportion of Wisconsin adolescents who report they engaged in at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity, on five or more of the previous seven days, from 27 percent to 37 percent.
   
   
3. Physical Activity for Adults: Between 2000 and 2010, increase the proportion of Wisconsin adults who reported they engaged in any physical activities during the past month from 78 percent to 88 percent.
   
   
4. Overweight and Obesity:
   
   
   1. Between 2000 and 2010, reduce the proportion of Wisconsin children who are overweight from 11.4 percent to 9.4 percent.
      
      
   2. Between 2000 and 2010, reduce the proportion of Wisconsin adolescents who are overweight from 10 percent to 8 percent.
      
      
   3. Between 2000 and 2010, reduce the proportion of Wisconsin adults who are obese from 20 percent to 15 percent.

Last Revised: October 04, 2005