For a National or Multiregional Obesity Prevention Program with Access

Multiple Choice

For a national or multiregional obesity prevention program with access to prevalence data existing for each U.S. region, which of the following would be the best way to set a target value?

A) Use an existing benchmark (e.g., Healthy People 20#0) .
B) Use the current obesity prevalence rate.
C) Use the mean obesity prevalence rate across geographic areas.
D) Use a percentage change in obesity prevalence compared to current trend, literature, or hopeful guess.