Health researchers have compiled a searchable map of obesity in America’s Dairyland by ZIP code, and the picture is alarming. Wisconsin is the first state with a detailed ZIP code-level obesity map based on electronic …
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New line of population health research takes guts
You know, if you’re going to poop anyway, you might as well get paid for it!” That’s Doug Esselman’s sales pitch for convincing people to collect a sample of their stool in the name of …
Wisconsin obesity rates higher than previously thought
Obesity rates among Wisconsin adults are higher than previously reported for the state. According to findings from the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW), a population-based health examination survey, 39.4 percent of Wisconsin adults …
Graduate student honored for research on respiratory health near dairy farms
Amy Schultz, a graduate student working at the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW), received a student achievement award at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting. Her poster, about the effects of industrial dairy …
Study: cost, lack of insurance coverage are primary predictors of poor oral health
One in five adults in Wisconsin is not receiving needed oral-health care and an estimated 15 percent have cavities. These results, the product of a collaborative study between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin …
Study: shift workers more likely to be overweight, have problems sleeping
The nine-to-five, Monday through Friday regimen most of us plan our lives around provides certain conveniences that shift work just doesn’t offer. But in addition, according to a study from the University of Wisconsin School …
At least 740,000 Wisconsin residents face food insecurity
Wisconsin may be the land of cheese and bratwurst, but more than 13 percent of Wisconsin residents who took part in a Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) interview reported that they worried about …