Be Healthy Dixie

Be Healthy Dixie is a program designed to encourage local residents to integrate a healthy lifestyle into their daily routine and to raise awareness of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.

Mission Statement:

The City of St. George and local organizations will strive to increase the community awareness of the benefits of actively pursuing a healthy lifestyle and to create an overall attitude of health in the community.

Why is Be Healthy Dixie Important:

• Over half of all Utah adults are overweight or obese.
• Only one out of five Utah adults eat five or more fruits and vegetables each day.
• Almost 50% of Utah adults get insufficient physical activity.
• About 17% of Utah adults report no leisure time physical activity.
• In 2006, 22.5% of all elementary students were at an unhealthy weight.
• More boys were overweight at every Grade.
• In 1994, 16.9% of 3rd Graders were at an unhealthy weight.
• In 2006, 21.8% of 3rd Graders were at an unhealthy weight.
  This represents a 67% increase.

If the number of elementary school students at an unhealthy weight continues to increase at the current rate, in ten years a total of 30.3% of elementary school students will be at an unhealthy weight.

Statistics from Utah Department of Health website