Running Head: INTERNET NAVIGATION 1 INTERNET NAVIGATION PROJECT 7 Internet Navigation Project Student Name National University Title of Paper Here Physical Activity (Qualifiers: Gender Female) 1996 70.8 – 77.1%: Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Minnesota, Vermont, New Hampshire, Hawaii, Massachusetts 77.2 – 79.8%: California, Alaska, Arizona, Texas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Florida, Virginia, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine 79.9 – 83.9%: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, New York, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia 84 – 89.9%: Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Ohio, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, Delaware, Puerto Rico 2000 72.7 – 75.8%: Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Michigan, Virginia, Vermont, District of Columbia 75.9 – 78.5%: California, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Florida, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania 78.6 – 82.3%: Arizona, Texas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, 82.4 – 86.7%: Delaware, West Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kansas, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico Physical Activity (Qualifiers: Age Group 18 - 24) 1996 65.4 – 70.4%: Washington, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Puerto Rico 70.5 – 75.7%: Idaho, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut 75.8 – 80.2%: California, North Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Alabama, North Carolina, New York, Delaware 80.3 – 85.9%: Arizona, Nebraska, Arkansas, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland 2000 62.6 – 69.2%: Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Wyoming, North Dakota, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Rhode Island, Connecticut, District of Columbia 69.3 – 73.1%: California, Nevada, Utah, Montana, Colorado, Michigan, Indiana, Arkansas, Alabama, New York, Vermont, , Massachusetts, New Jersey, Delaware 73.2 – 76.9%: Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland, New Hampshire 77 – 82.9%: Puerto Rico, Nebraska, Kansas, Louisiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, North Carolina, Maine BMI (Qualifiers: Gender Female) 1996 10.7 – 14.1%: Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, Minnesota, Georgia, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Hawaii 14.2 – 17.6%: Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, New Mexico, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Florida, Virginia, Ne.

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2. Physical Activity (Qualifiers: Gender Female)
1996
70.8 – 77.1%: Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Utah,
Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Minnesota,
Vermont, New Hampshire, Hawaii, Massachusetts
77.2 – 79.8%: California, Alaska, Arizona, Texas, Wisconsin,
Illinois, Michigan, Florida, Virginia, New Jersey, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Maine
79.9 – 83.9%: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, New
York, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia
84 – 89.9%: Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Ohio,
West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Maryland, Delaware, Puerto Rico
2000
72.7 – 75.8%: Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana,
Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Michigan, Virginia, Vermont,
District of Columbia
75.9 – 78.5%: California, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Wisconsin, Florida, Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania
78.6 – 82.3%: Arizona, Texas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina,
Maryland, New Jersey, New York,
82.4 – 86.7%: Delaware, West Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio,
Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kansas,

3. Oklahoma, Puerto Rico
Physical Activity (Qualifiers: Age Group 18 - 24)
1996
65.4 – 70.4%: Washington, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, Utah,
Colorado, South Dakota, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont,
Puerto Rico
70.5 – 75.7%: Idaho, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Maine, Rhode Island,
Connecticut
75.8 – 80.2%: California, North Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma,
Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Alabama, North Carolina,
New York, Delaware
80.3 – 85.9%: Arizona, Nebraska, Arkansas, Ohio, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia,
Maryland
2000
62.6 – 69.2%: Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Wyoming, North
Dakota, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, District of Columbia
69.3 – 73.1%: California, Nevada, Utah, Montana, Colorado,
Michigan, Indiana, Arkansas, Alabama, New York, Vermont, ,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Delaware
73.2 – 76.9%: Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, South Dakota,
Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida,
South Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland, New Hampshire

4. 77 – 82.9%: Puerto Rico, Nebraska, Kansas, Louisiana, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, North
Carolina, Maine
BMI (Qualifiers: Gender Female)
1996
10.7 – 14.1%: Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Montana, Wyoming,
Colorado, South Dakota, Minnesota, Georgia, New Jersey, New
Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Hawaii
14.2 – 17.6%: Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, New
Mexico, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Florida,
Virginia, New York, Maine, Vermont
17.7 – 19.1%: Alaska, Puerto Rico, Texas, Iowa, Arkansas,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Tennessee, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland
19.2 -21.4%: Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, South Carolina, District of
Columbia
2000
14.2 – 17.1%: Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado,
Minnesota, Virginia, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Denver
17.2 – 19.8%: Washington, California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona,
New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska,
Wisconsin, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Vermont
19.9 – 22.1%: Oregon, Alaska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa,
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Maine,

5. Pennsylvania, Maryland
22.2 – 26.3%: Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Puerto Rico, South Carolina,
North Carolina, West Virginia, District of Columbia
BMI (Qualifiers: Age Group 18 - 24)
1996
3.7 – 6.8%: Idaho, Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas,
Minnesota Mississippi, Indiana, Georgia, New Hampshire,
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico
6.9 – 8.1%: Washington, Oregon, Wyoming, New Mexico, South
Dakota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Tennessee,
Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Connecticut
8.2 – 10.4%: California, Nevada, Utah, Montana, Texas,
Illinois, Florida, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Delaware
10.5 – 17.4%: Alaska, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Iowa, Missouri,
Alabama, South Carolina, Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, West
Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Maine
2000
3.4 – 9.1%: Montana, Utah, Colorado, Minnesota, South
Carolina, Virginia, New York, Maryland, Delaware, New
Jersey, Rhode Island, District of Columbia
9.2 – 11.2%: Washington, California, Alaska, Nevada, Idaho,
Wyoming, South Dakota, Texas, Missouri, Florida, Puerto Rico,
Massachusetts, Connecticut

6. 11.3 -12.8%: Hawaii, Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Nebraska, Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, West
Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Vermont
12.9 – 19.2%: Oregon, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Iowa,
Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, North
Carolina, New Hampshire, Maine
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) was used
to explore the years 1996 and 2000 on how physical activity
correlates with body mass index (BMI). In both topics physical
activity and BMI, the two qualifiers focused on the female
gender and the age group 18 to 24 years old. The physical
activity topic focused on adults whose response was no to
engaging in thirty minutes or more of moderate activity five or
more days per week. The BMI topic focused on weight
classification by BMI.
According to the BRFSS in 1996, thirty minutes of any
physical activity five or more days per week said the female
gender had a higher crude prevalence of 84 to 89.9 percent in

7. the southern states compared to the states in the west coast
region that had a lower crude prevalence between 77.8 to 77.1
percent. However, in 2000 there was an increase of states in the
central and southern region that had a higher crude prevalence
of 78.6 to 82.3 percent. The northwest states remained having a
low crude prevalence similar to the year 1996. In 2000 the
states that continued in the high crude prevalence similar to the
year 1996 were Oklahoma, Louisiana, Iowa, Alabama,
Kentucky, and Maine. Concentrating on the age group 18 to 24
year olds on physical activity in 1996, states in the east coast
had a higher crude prevalence of 80.3 to 85.9 percent. The
states that remained in this higher category in 2000 were
Nebraska, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio.
Reviewing the BMI topic with a response of an obese BMI
of 30.0 to 99.8 in the female gender in the year 1996 the state in
the west coast had either a crude prevalence of 10.7 to 14.1
percent or 12.2 to 17.6 percent. The southern states and some
states in the east coast had a high crude prevalence of 17.7 to
19.1 percent or 19.2 to 21.4 percent. However, in 2000 there
was a drastic increase of states mainly in the southern area that
hit the higher crude prevalence percentage of 22.2 to 26.3.
These states included, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina,
and West Virginia. In 2000, the west coast remained in the
lower crude prevalence percentage of 14.2 to 17.1 percent or
17.2 to 19.8 percent.
Comparing the physical activity data and BMI data there is
a comparison that show how states that do not stay physically
active have a higher BMI. Physical activity in 1996 based on
age group did not improve in the central states but increased in
2000. Along the same lines there is significant correlation
comparing the physical activity data to the BMI data that
focused on age. The BMI data displayed no improvement from
1996 to 2000 but an increase in the central states as well. The
south and east coast displayed a higher crude prevalence
percentage in physical activity in the age group of 18 to 24

8. years old and the female gender. This relates to the BMI data
that also illustrates the same pattern in the age group of 18 to
24 years old and the female gender. The BMI in 1996 has
increased in 2000 mainly in the south and east coast, similarly
to the physical activity data where those states have indicated
low physical activity.
Due to the increase in obesity in the United States there
has been many programs implemented to help this growing
epidemic. However, public health practitioners should focus on
promoting and educating exercise and physical activity. There
are programs already implemented that will help our future
generations such as the Let’s Move! campaign, a national
initiative launch by First Lady Michelle Obama on February 9,
2010 (Gibi, 2013). The campaign plays an important role to
putting children on the path to a healthy future by educating
people on the importance of supporting and practicing a healthy
lifestyle. The campaign aims to change an environment of a
community to ensure families have access to healthy and
affordable foods. A campaign that works toward stopping
obesity is very important because in the article Vital Signs:
Obesity Among Low-Income, Preschool-Ages Children – United
States, 2008-2011 mentioned, “overweight or obese
preschoolers are five times as likely to become overweight or
obese adults, compared with their normal eight peers. In older
children and adolescents, obesity is associated with high
cholesterol, high blood sugar, asthma and mental health
problems” (May et al., 2013, p. 633). The lack of physical
activity and poor diet is connected to the increase in BMI and
obesity. It is important for health practitioners to encourage a
healthy lifestyle by promoting healthy eating and physical
activity; the combination reduces an individual’s risk of
developing chronic diseases. The BRFSS data displays that the
lack of exercise does play a factor with the increase in BMI.

9. References
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2016). BRFSS
Prevalence & Trends Data. Retrieved from
http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/brfssprevalence/index.html
Gibi, K. (2013). Let’s Move! Cities, Towns and Counties. Parks
& Recreation, 48 (10), 37-39.
May, A. L., Liping, P., Sherry, B., Blanck, H. M., Galuska, D.,
Dalenius, K., & Grummer-Strawn, L. M. (2013). Vital Signs:
Obesity Among Low-Income, Preschool-Aged Children --
United States, 2008-2011. MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality
Weekly Report, 62(31), 629-634.