Nutrition
On the CDC survey with adults, 86.5% of San Juan County adult residents reported they consume less than the daily recommended five or more servings of fruits and vegetables. In other words, only 13.5% reported they at the recommeded daily allowance. This is statistically similar to New Mexico.
Among youth, on the 2021 YRRS, three-fourths (79.1%) of high school students reported they did not get the recommended five or more servings of fruits and vegetables daily, compared to 83.7% across New Mexico. A similar percentage (77.9%) of high school youth in San Juan County reported they did not eat breakfast during the past week.
Adults: Do NOT Get Rec. Nutrition
Youth: Do NOT Get Rec. Nutrition
Race/Ethnicity and Sex
Overall, youth are more likely than adults to eat the recommeded daily allowance. By Race/Ethnicity, among adults, on the 2021 CDC survey Native American respondents were more likley to report that they got the recommended daily allowance.
Food Environment
On the 2021 YRRS, 15.8% of high school youth reported they are hungry "sometimes," "most times," or "always."
Weight
Weight is a significant health factor which can directly contribute to other health problems, such as diabetes and heart disease.
In San Juan County, in 2021, 72.3% of adults were overweight or obese, 75.6% of men and 69.2% of women, as measured by a CDC survey question that asks height and weight, which are then used to calculate Body Mass Index or BMI, an indicator of excess body fat. This is statistically similar to New Mexico's rate of 'overweight or obese' (70.6%) and the U.S. (68.3%).
Among youth, 42.9% were either overweight or obese, as calculated from reported height and weight, up from 33.8% in 2019. This is somewhat above the percentage of high school students overall in New Mexico (37.6%).
By sex, youth rates of overweight/obesity is similar for males and females. Among adults, males have somewhat higher rates of being overweight or obese (75.6%) than females (69.2%).
ADULTS: Overweight or Obese
YOUTH: Overweight or Obese
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Females
Males
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Weight Trends
Physical Activity and Exercise
Physical activity is an important health factor that contributes to both physical and mental health.
On the 2021 YRRS, 13.9% of high school aged youth reported "no days" of physical activity or exercise during the previous week, and 28.2% reported physical activity on every day. Girls are more likely than boys to be physically inactive.
Among adults in San Juan County, on the 2021 CDC survey, 25.1% reported no activity or exercise outside of their work in the past month. Similar to youth, adult women are more likely to be inactive than men.
Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (YRRS), NM Dept of Health.
Current (2019) County Report: www.youthrisk.org.
Historical YRRS trend data (currently for 2013, 2015 and 2017) from New Mexico's Indicator-Based Information System (NM-IBIS): https://ibis.health.state.nm.us/query/selection/yrrs/_YRRSSelection.html
National Youth Data: National Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS). The New Mexico YRRS is part of the YRBSS system of surveys, and is unique in that it adds resiliency questions: https://yrbs-explorer.services.cdc.gov/#/
Adult Data:
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), CDC.
Retrieved from New Mexico's Indicator-Based Information System (NM-IBIS).
https://ibis.health.state.nm.us/query/selection/brfss/_BRFSSSelection.html
Additional information and national data are available from the CDC website: https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/
Food Insecurity:
Direct Link Data Map, San Juan County -
https://map.feedingamerica.org/county/2018/overall/new-mexico/county/san-juan
See the Feeding American website (feedingamerica.org) for information and additional data.
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) volunteer telephone survey with adults across the U.S. These data area most readily available from New Mexico's Indicator-Based Information System (NM-IBIS).