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23 <br />Over 6,000 OC Residents enrolled into the <br />Marketplace for 2015 coverage. Among the 37 <br />states that used the healthcare.gov platform, NC <br />ranks third in total people who selected a plan with <br />559,473 people (including new and re- enrollments). <br />OC enrolled nearly 1,500 more people in year two as <br />compared to year one. See the accompanying chart <br />for details on where the OC residents enrolled for <br />2015 coverage reside. The 2 areas with N/A <br />represent areas where enrollment consisted of 50 <br />people or less. <br />2015 Enrollment by Zip Code <br />Zip Code Town I # Enrolled <br />27231 <br />Cedar Grove <br />Efland <br />Hillsborough <br />Carrboro <br />Chapel Hill <br />Chapel Hill <br />Chapel Hill <br />Chapel Hill <br />Chapel Hill <br />99 <br />217 <br />1125 <br />931 <br />993 <br />NIA <br />1,804 <br />1,036 <br />NIA <br />27243 <br />27278 <br />27510 <br />27514 <br />27515 <br />27516 <br />27517 <br />27599 <br />Total 6,265 <br />Priority #2: Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion <br />Data Dashboard improve the local food system. Since then, a Task <br />The Child & Family Obesity dashboard provides Force of over 40 individuals, is working on <br />county rates and trends among OC residents community outreach & engagement, the structure of <br />around weight, physical activity, nutrition, and built the Council to include the charter and by -laws, and <br />environment. Comparisons are made between action planning & assessment to include Collective <br />peer counties, NC, and the US. View the Impact. More information forthcoming in 2015. <br />dashboard at <br />http: / /orangecountync.gov /health /documents /Dashb <br />oard- Child FamilyObesity Dec2013.pdf <br />Child & Family Obesity Dashboard <br />.;raS UeNry Oruge COUnq Trend <br />fomWre,o <br />�. :: me e,nH lemon ♦ ; <br />L ° <br />T, ma <br />mare,° <br />sle.nuie0.wu�.,N�V � M ♦ ,�6 <br />T es ,rw. ,u <br />Orange County Food Council <br />Various staff members representing OCHD, <br />Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, Center for <br />Environmental Farming Systems', UNC Center for <br />Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, and OC <br />Cooperative Extension convened as the Orange <br />County Food Policy Planning Group with interest to <br />implement an OC Food Council. OC government is <br />providing start -up facilitation costs, through <br />Community Food Strategies, to get the Council up <br />and running. The very first interest meeting brought <br />over 80 residents, professionals, stakeholders, and <br />government officials together to seek out ways to <br />OCHD Nutrition Services <br />Nutrition Services Programs, Medical Nutrition <br />Therapy (MNT) and Diabetes Self- Management <br />Education (DSME) continue to expand to help <br />residents prevent and manage chronic conditions. <br />The Nutrition Services section provided 440 MNT <br />appointments this year and served 239 residents in <br />the DSME program. Health department staff also <br />conducted 146 medical provider presentations and <br />outreach events to increase awareness of Nutrition <br />Services programs and to promote healthy eating <br />and physical activity behaviors. For more <br />information on Nutrition Services, visit <br />http: / /www.orangecountync.gov /health /Nutrition.asp <br />Orange County Health Department <br />Stendi,g at Desk% The BOH passed an <br />Innovation Resolution <br />in August 2012, which <br />established a $20,000 <br />Innovation Grant Fund <br />at OCHD. In 2014, <br />the second year of projects included the purchase <br />of 25 sit -stand desks for OCHD employees to pilot. <br />A CDC - published study shows that when workers <br />are equipped with sit -stand workstations, prolonged <br />sitting is reduced, upper back and neck pain is <br />reduced, and mood improves . A pilot staff group <br />tested the desks and provided feedback on their <br />sit /stand patterns, ergonomics, and satisfaction. <br />Data (shown above) showed that staff stood 50% of <br />the day using the sit /stand desks. We estimate that <br />the 25 sit -stand desks at OCHD are preventing <br />