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Cancer Trends Progress Report – 2011/2012 Update

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In the Report
Director's Message
Report Highlights
Introduction
Trends-at-a-Glance
Summary Tables
Prevention
Smoking
Clinicians’ Advice to Quit Smoking
Medicaid Coverage of Tobacco Dependence Treatments
Diet
Weight and Physical Activity
Sun Protection
Secondhand Smoke
Chemical Exposures
Tobacco Company Marketing Expenditures
Early Detection
Breast and Cervical Cancers
Colorectal Cancer
Diagnosis
Treatment
Bladder, Breast, Colorectal
Kidney, Lung, Ovarian, Prostate
Life After Cancer
End of Life
Prevention
Early Detection
Diagnosis
Treatment
Life After Cancer
End of Life


Summary Table: Prevention – Weight and Physical Activity

Only one measure per topic is displayed in the summary table. A complete set of measures, where they exist, can be found in the report.

Trend key: green - headed in the right direction
  red - headed in the wrong direction
  black - stable or non-significant change (NSC)
  blue - Healthy People 2020 target


  Physical activity
1997–2010
Weight
1971–2010
Measure Percentage of adults aged 18 and older who reported no leisure time physical activity during the past month. Percentage of adults aged 20 years and older who were at a healthy weight, overweight, or obese (Example: obese).
Recent summary trend* Falling
2006–2010
Rising
2006–2010
Desired direction
Falling 
Falling 
Trend details Falling, then non-significant change, then falling
Rising

Most recent estimate The 2010 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), an in-person household survey, indicates that 36 percent of adults 18 and older reported no physical activity in their leisure time. Among adults aged 20 years and older in 2009-2010, 29 percent were at a healthy weight, 33 percent were overweight or obese, and 36 percent were obese.
Healthy People 2020 target Reduce to 32.6 percent the proportion of adults who engage in no leisure-time physical activity. Increase to 33.9 percent the proportion of adults who are at a healthy weight and decrease to 30.6 percent the proportion of obese adults.
More information Physical Activity Weight

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* Summary trend (generally 5 most recent years) as characterized by the Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC).

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