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The 2018 Regional Transportation Plan is SJCOG’s first RTP to track Health and Wellness factors. SJCOG’s sophisticated scenario planning indicators for 2035 take into account regional land uses' effects on public health to predict weekly total walking minutes, daily biking minutes, daily total physical activity, average BMI, and general poor health (from the California Health Interview Survey) in the future of San Joaquin County.
The green chart shows that San Joaquin County’s obesity rate exceeds that of California by nearly 7%, while childhood obesity rate is lower than California’s. The other graph shows the comparison of overweight adults and children in California versus San Joaquin County. (Source: 2016 Community Health Needs Assessment)