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	Compare by Region: The colored gauge gives a visual representation of how your community is doing in comparison to other communities. The three-colored dial represents the distribution of values from the reporting regions (e.g. counties in the state) ordered from those doing the best to those doing the worst (sometimes lower values are better and in other cases higher values are better). From that distribution, the green represents the top 50th percentile, the yellow represents the 25th to 50th percentile, and the red represents the "worst" quartile.
	Compare by Average: This gauge shows how the Hawaii State value compares with the median or mean value for all counties in the state (or all US counties). The gauge is blue and white when being higher (or lower) is not necessarily good or bad and is multi-colored when being higher (or lower) is good or bad.
	Compare by Time Period: This gauge shows whether the Hawaii State value is increasing or decreasing over time. A green arrow means the value is improving and a red arrow means the value is getting worse. The = (equal) sign means that there is not a significant increase or decrease since the last measurement.
	Target: This gauge shows whether or not the Hawaii State value meets a specific target. The Hawaii State value is represented by the left bar and the target value by the right bar.
	Target: This gauge shows whether or not a specific target is met. A green check means the target is met and a red "X" means the target is not met.

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37.6

Red > 37.6
Green <= 36.6
In-between = Yellow
Unit: percent
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Adults who are Overweight

Value:	35.1 percent
Measurement Period:	2007
Location:	State : Hawaii
Categories:	Health / Exercise, Nutrition, & Weight Health / Diabetes Health / Heart Disease & Stroke

What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the percentage of adults who are overweight according to the Body Mass Index (BMI). The BMI is calculated by taking a person's weight and dividing it by their height squared in metric units. (BMI = Weight (Kg)/[Height (cm) ^ 2] ) A BMI between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight.

Why this is important: The percentage of overweight adults is an indicator of the overall health and lifestyle of a community. Being overweight affects quality of life and puts individuals at risk for developing many diseases, especially heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer. Losing weight helps to prevent and control these diseases. Being overweight or obese also carries significant economic costs due to increased healthcare spending and lost earnings.

The Healthy People 2010 national health target is to reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults to less than 15%.

Technical note: This distribution is based on all 50 US states.

Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

URL of Source: http://www.hhdw.org/

URL of Data: http://www.hhdw.org/cms/index.php?page=weight-control-2

Time Series Data

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