Percentage of Overweight U.S. Children and Teens

An NCSL postcard charting the obesity epidemic in children and teens from 1963 to 2000.

Obesity Among U.S. Adults, 2002

An NCSL postcard displaying the percent of U.S. adults who have a body mass index of at least 30 or are at least 30 pounds overweight.

Diseases of the Heart: 1999 Death Rate

An NCSL postcard describing the heart disease epidemic and displaying heart disease death rates in the 50 states.

Stroke Death Rates, 1999

An NCSL postcard describing the stroke epidemic and displaying stroke death rates in the 50 states.

Percentage of Adults Who Reported No Leisure Time Physical Activity, 2001

An NCSL postcard describing why physical activity is important in the prevention of chronic diseases and displaying the rate of physical inactivity in adults in the United States.

Percentage of Adults Diagnosed with Diabetes

An NCSL postcard describing the diabetes epidemic and displaying diabetes trends from 1990 to 2001.

State Cigarette Excise Taxes

An NCSL postcard displaying cigarette excise tax rates in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

Percentage of Deaths Due to Chronic Diseases

An NCSL postcard depicting deaths in the 50 states due to diseases of the heart, all cancers, chronic pulmonary disease, stroke and diabetes.

Vending Machines and Competitive Foods in Schools

This LegisBrief, written by the NCSL Adolescent and School Health Program, discusses how schools are supplementing their tight budgets with vending machine and other competitive food sales. Available to NCSL members only.

Curbing the Costs of Tobacco Use

An NCSL document describing the direct and indirect costs of tobacco use and how states can reduce the health and economic burden of tobacco use.

Flavored Cigarettes (Bidis) Popular Among Youth

An NCSL document describing these Indian cigarettes and what the federal government and state legislatures are doing to prevent youth from smoking them.