Healthy People 2030 Related to Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity

Leading health indicators

Of the core Healthy People 2030 objectives, there is a subset of 23 leading health indicators. This subset helps organizations, communities, and states focus their resources and efforts to improve the health and well-being of all people. Four leading health indicators are directly related to DNPAO's work:

• Reduce consumption of added sugars by people 2 and older—NWS–10.
• Reduce household food insecurity and hunger—NWS–01.
• Increase the proportion of adults who do enough aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity—PA–05.
• Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents with obesity—NWS–04.

In addition to the leading health indicators, the objectives below are related to DNPAO's work.

Healthy eating

For people 2 and older:

• Increase fruit consumption—NWS–06.
• Increase vegetable consumption—NWS–07.
• Increase consumption of dark green vegetables, red and orange vegetables, and beans and peas—NWS–08.
• Increase whole grain consumption—NWS–09.
• Reduce consumption of saturated fat—NWS–11.
• Reduce consumption of sodium—NWS–12.

Vitamins and minerals

For people 2 and older:

• Increase calcium consumption—NWS–13.
• Increase potassium consumption—NWS–14.
• Increase vitamin D consumption—NWS–15.

For other population groups:

• Reduce iron deficiency in children 1 to 2 years—NWS–16.
• Reduce iron deficiency in females 12 to 49—NWS–17.
• Increase the proportion of women of childbearing age who get enough folic acid—MICH–12.

Breastfeeding

• Increase the proportion of infants who are breastfed exclusively through age 6 months—MICH–15.
• Increase the proportion of infants who are breastfed at 1 year—MICH–16.

Healthy food environment

• Increase the proportion of students participating in the School Breakfast Program—AH–04.
• Eliminate very low food security in children—NWS–02.

Physical activity for children and adolescents

Increase the proportion of:

• Children who do enough aerobic physical activity—PA–09.
• Children aged 2 to 5 years who get no more than one hour of screen time a day—PA–13.
• Children and adolescents who play sports—PA–12.
• Adolescents who do enough aerobic physical activity—PA–06.
• Adolescents who do enough muscle–strengthening activity—PA–07.
• Adolescents who do enough aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity—PA–08.
• Adolescents who participate in daily school physical education—ECPB–01.

Physical activity for adults

• Reduce the proportion of adults who do no physical activity in their free time—PA–01.

Increase the proportion of adults:

• Who do enough aerobic physical activity for substantial health benefits—PA–02.
• Who do enough aerobic physical activity for extensive health benefits—PA–03.
• Who do enough muscle–strengthening activity—PA–04.
• With arthritis who get counseling for physical activity—A–04.

Physical activity for older adults

• Increase the proportion of older adults with physical or cognitive health problems who get physical activity—OA–01.
• Reduce the rate of emergency department visits due to falls among older adults—OA–03.

Neighborhood and built environment

Increase the proportion of:

• Adults who walk or bike to get places—PA–10.
• Adolescents who walk or bike to get places—PA–11.

Healthy weight for adults

• Reduce the proportion of adults with obesity—NWS–03.
• Increase the proportion of health care visits by adults with obesity that include counseling on weight loss, nutrition, or physical activity—NWS–05.
• Increase the proportion of women who had a healthy weight before pregnancy—MICH–13.

Sleep

Increase the proportion of:

• Children who get sufficient sleep—EMC–03.
• High school students who get enough sleep—SH–04.
• Adults who get enough sleep—SH–03.

Developmental objectives

In addition to core objectives, developmental objectives represent specific high-priority public health issues. These public health issues are associated with evidence-based interventions but do not yet have reliable baseline data.

The developmental objectives related to DNPAO are to increase the proportion of:

• Children who participate in high–quality early childhood education programs—EMC-D03.
• Schools that don't sell less healthy foods and drinks—ECBP-D02.
• Worksites that offer an employee physical activity program—ECBP-D04.
• Worksites that offer an employee nutrition program—ECBP-D05.

Research objectives

Research objectives represent public health issues with a high health or economic burden. These public health issues can also have significant disparities between population groups. These public health issues are not yet associated with evidence-based interventions.

Objectives are to increase the proportion of:

• Childcare centers where children aged 3 to 5 years do at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day—PA–RO1.
• Eligible students participating in the Summer Food Service Program—AH-R03.

Overall health and well-being measures

Overall health and well-being measures are broad outcome measures intended to assess the Healthy People 2030 vision. This vision is of a society where all people can achieve their full potential for health and well-being across the lifespan. Unlike the leading health indicators and core objectives, these measures do not have targets.

Well-Being

• Overall well-being—OHM-1

Healthy life expectancy

• Life expectancy at birth—free of activity limitation—OHM-2.
• Life expectancy at birth—free of disability—OHM-3.
• Life expectancy at birth—in good or better health—OHM-4.

Mortality and health summary

• Life expectancy at birth—OHM-5.
• Free of activity limitation (all ages)—OHM-6.
• Free of disability (ages 1 and older)—OHM-7.
• Respondent-assessed health status — in good or better health (all ages)—OHM-8.

Objective code abbreviations

• A—Arthritis
• DO—Developmental Objective
• ECBP—Educational and Community-Based Programs
• EMC—Early and Middle Childhood
• MICH—Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
• NWS—Nutrition and Weight Status
• OA—Older Adults
• OHM—Overall Health and Well–Being Measures
• PA—Physical Activity
• RO—Research Objective
• SH—Sleep Health