OpportunityTitle: High Obesity Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: &amp;middot;  Land Grant Universities located in states with eligible counties are eligible to apply for funding.&amp;middot;  No more than one land grant university per state will receive funding.A table of the eligible counties, defined as &quot;counties with over 40% adult obesity rate based on Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Systems Data (2015)&quot; is provided below: Source data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, CDC, 2015* - counties with over 40% adult obesity rate             StateCounty2015 EstimateAlabamaBarbour County42.7Bullock County41.0Conecuh County41.8Dallas County42.4Escambia County40.5Greene County45.1Lowndes County45.5Macon County44.2Marengo County40.7Monroe County40.3Perry County41.3Sumter County42.4Wilcox County44.5ArkansasChicot County40.5Crittenden County42.1Lee County42.3Mississippi County40.2Phillips County41.8St. Francis County43.2GeorgiaCalhoun County42.2Clay County42.8Dooly County40.9Stewart County40.5Taliaferro County40.1KentuckyMartin County40.2McCreary County40.5LouisianaAssumption Parish41.1Claiborne Parish41.4East Carroll Parish46.2Madison Parish43.4Morehouse Parish40.5St. Helena Parish41.9Tensas Parish41.8MississippiClaiborne County41.7Holmes County42.6Humphreys County44.4Issaquena County41.1Jefferson County46.6Jefferson Davis County40.0Leflore County40.1Noxubee County40.7Quitman County41.5Sharkey County41.9Sunflower County40.4Washington County41.2MissouriMississippi County40.7NebraskaThurston County42.6North DakotaRolette County40.9Sioux County42.6OklahomaAdair County41.3Muskogee County40.6South CarolinaHampton County40.3Lee County40.1Marion County40.3South DakotaBuffalo County40.5Ziebach County44.3TennesseeHardeman County40.8TexasBrooks County43.6Hudspeth County42.0Loving County41.4Maverick County41.9Starr County43.2Webb County40.2Willacy County41.9Zapata County40.8Zavala County40.9VirginiaPetersburg city41.7West VirginiaClay County40.6McDowell County41.4WisconsinMenominee County42.8*&amp;ldquo;Source data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, CDC, 2015.   Small area estimates derived from methodology described in: Zhang X et. al. Multilevel Regression and Poststratification for Small-Area Estimation of Population Health Outcomes: A Case Study of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Prevalence Using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.   American Journal of Epidemiology. 2014;179(8):1025-1033.&amp;rdquo;
Description: CDC announces the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 funds to implement CDC-RFA-DP18-1809: High Obesity Program. The growing body of evidence suggests that obesity is one of the most significant challenges facing the public health system. If this continues, obesity and the many complications it causes will increase the disease burden in the United States. Poor nutrition and low levels of physical activity affect overall health and are significant risk factors for obesity and other chronic diseases. Obesity in the United States affects 78.6 million (35%) adults and 12.7 million (17%) children and accounts for approximately $147 billion in annual health care costs. The burden of obesity and other chronic diseases negatively affects our nation&apos;s businesses, economy, and military readiness and is higher among certain racial/ethnic populations and geographical locations.This five-year program provides resources for land grant universities to leverage community extension services to implement evidence-based strategies that increase access to places that provide healthier foods and safe and accessible places for physical activity in counties with an adult obesity rate of over 40%.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Grants Policy
GrantorContactText: Claire Heiser&lt;br/&gt;HOP2018@cdc.gov&lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.