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Stories From the Field: State Agency Experiences Community and Worksite Wellness Program Department of State Health Services Slide 2 How do you define fitness? Slide 3 Fitness Sports Focused = Being of an ideal weight and body composition to accomplish specific athletic tasks Health Focused = Capable of accomplishing daily tasks of living and preventing disease or injury Slide 4 !!! Key Take Home Message !!! In American society today, if you do not make a conscious, concerted effort to eat less and exercise you will end up overweight or obese. - Brett Spencer, 2013 Slide 5 American Society So, How Did We Get To This Point? Socio-Ecological Model Slide 6 Inventions of the 1990s 1990 First Iteration of the World Wide Web 1990 Resurgence of Development of Electric Car Technology Clean Air Act Passed 1993 Pentium Processor Developed 1995 Digital Camera 1995 DVDs 1995 Amazon Created 1995 eBay Created Slide 7 Inventions of the 1990s 1996 Universal Serial Bus (USB) Connection Created 1996 Dolly The First Cloned Sheep 1996 BackRub Project Began 1997 First Toyota Prius Gasoline/Electric Hybrid Released 1998 Google is Incorporated 1998 First Two Modules of International Space Station are Joined Together 1998 iMac Launched 1999 First BlackBerry Device Launched 1999 Bluetooth Technology Introduced Allowed file sharing without cables = First Remote Browsing Slide 8 Inventions of the 2000s 2001 First iPod Launched 2004 Facebook Created 2005 YouTube Created 2006 Wii Launched 2006 PS3 Introduced 2006 Abiocor Artificial Heart Approved by FDA 2007 First iPhone Launched 2010 Xbox 360 Kinect Introduced 2010 First iPad Released Slide 9 What do all of these new creations have in common? Slide 10 But Slide 11 Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, CDC. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. Adults BRFSS, 1990 (*BMI 30, or ~ 30 lbs. overweight for 5 4 person) No Data