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Making suburban Cook County a healthier place to live, work and play
Fight Obesity and Fund Public Health Prevention Programs
Decrease consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and fund public health
prevention programs in the State of Illinois.
Nearly 25% of Illinois adults are obese and 37% are overweight.
Obesity costs the state of Illinois about $3.4 billion dollars a year in direct health care costs. If we do not address the epidemic of obesity today, projected costs are estimated to be 5 times higher by 2018.
One in five Illinois children is obese, the fourth highest rate in the nation and higher than the national average.
The arteries of obese children have stiffness levels that you would expect to see in an adult with heart disease, according to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
Childhood obesity alone is estimated to cost the country $14 billion annually in health-related expenses, and children covered by Medicaid account for $3 billion of those expenses.
Being overweight and obese have been linked to increased risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, stroke, sleep apnea, respiratory problems, osteoarthritis, and more according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
In the US, it is estimated that 100,000 to 300,000 deaths are linked to obesity related-diseases.
More than 100,000 cases of diabetes over the last decade were likely caused by the rise in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, sports drinks, and fruit drinks since 2000, according to the American Heart Association.
Regular consumption of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with a clear and consistently greater risk of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes, according to the Harvard School of Public Health.
A pricing increase of one penny per ounce on SSBs would reduce consumption by eight to 11%.
In Illinois, a penny per ounce increase would result in raising $600 million per year. Funds which could then be used for health promotion and chronic disease prevention programs, thereby improving the health of future generations.
13 other states are considering similar legislation as a way to combat obesity.
If you have further questions regarding the link between SSBs and obesity, please contact Rachael Dombrowski at [email protected] or (312) 909-9197.
Communities Putting Prevention to Work
1010 Lake Street, Suite 430, Oak Park, Illinois 60301
Phone 708.524.5156 Email [email protected]
Website www.cookcountypublichealth.org
SUPPORTERS
Illinois Chapter of American
Academy of Pediatrics
American Cancer
Society
American Heart Association
American
Academy of Family Physicians
Illinois Public
Health Institute
Cook County Department of Public Health
Northern Illinois
Public Health Consortium
Public Health Institute of
Metropolitan Chicago
Consortium to
Lower Obesity in Chicago Children
Asian Health
Coalition
Ounce of Prevention Fund
University of
Illinois Chicago Health Policy
Center
HealthConnect One
Childserv
Enlace Chicago
Corporate
Accountability International
Sinai Urban Health
Institute
Building a Healthier Chicago
Supporters
Illinois Chapter of American
Academy of Pediatrics
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
American Academy of Family Physicians
Illinois Public Health Institute
Cook County Department of Public Health
Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium
Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago
Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children
Ounce of Prevention Fund
Asian Health Coalition
Asian Human Services
Midwest Asian Health Organization
University of Illinois Chicago Health Policy Center
HealthConnect One
Childserv
Vietnamese Association of Illinois
Cambodian Association of Illinois
Organic School Project
Enlace Chicago
Corporate Accountability International
Howard Area Community Center
Sinai Urban Health Institute
Building a Healthier Chicago
Greater Faith Baptist Church
Hanul Family Alliance
