Why MOVE!?

• Veterans who receive health care at VA facilities are estimated to have higher levels of overweight and obesity (approximately 70-74%) than the general US population (64%).
• Poor diet and physical inactivity may overtake smoking to become the nation's leading cause of preventable death.
• The US Surgeon General issued a Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity in 2001.
• Research studies show that overweight and obese individuals are at increased risk for a number of health conditions.
• Overweight and obesity and their associated health problems have a significant economic impact on the US health care system.