Trust for America’s Health

AZ Obesity Update

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:14-07:00July 6th, 2010|General, Prevention|

The Trust for America’s Health released their annual obesity report. Overall, the national trend toward increasing obesity rates continued it’s march forward. Arizona ranked in the middle of the pack, but the pack itself in increasingly unhealthy. More than two-thirds of states have adult obesity rates above 25 percent. In 1991, no state had an [...]

Adult Vaccination Rates

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:27-07:00February 8th, 2010|Preparedness|

The Trust for America’s Health released a report about adult immunization rates across the country last week at: healthyamericans.org. The Complete Report (PDF 0.2Mb) provides all of the details… but for a snapshot, the report says that about 69% of Arizona’s seniors have been vaccinated for pneumococcal disease. Vaccinations are an important part of public [...]

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