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The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among adults in New York City is 9.7%; the nationwide prevalence is 8.3%.
- Promote Quality Health Care for All
- Be Tobacco Free
- Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Eating
- Be Heart Healthy
- Stop the Spread of HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Recognize and Treat Depression
- Reduce Risky Alcohol Use and Drug Dependence
- Prevent and Detect Cancer
- Raise Healthy Children
- Make All Neighborhoods Healthy Places
- Climate Change as a Public Health Issue
- Faith-Based "Health Ministries"
- School-based Health Center Reproductive Health Project
- Health Effects of Air Pollution
- Salmonella Surveillance
- Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Program
- Take Care Staten Island
- Examining Animal Hoarding
- Assessing Health Risks of Synthetic Turf
- Grading Restaurants to Make Them Safer
- Detecting Disease Outbreak in NYC
- Learning and Leading
Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Eating
According to the NYC Health Department, 57% of adults and 39% of children in NYC are overweight or obese. This is epidemic, like in many other parts of the country, and is driven by limited access to healthy foods and an environment that doesn't promote physical activity.
The NYC Health Department is hard at work on many fronts to try to reverse the epidemic of obesity and create an environment in NYC that makes it easier to eat healthy and be physically active. Read below to learn more about the projects that the Fund for Public Health in New York (FPHNY) is implementing in partnership with the NYC Health Department.