Key points
Healthy People 2030 sets data-driven national objectives to improve health and well-being over the next decade. Healthy People 2030 includes 359 core — or measurable — objectives as well as developmental and research objectives. Below are the indicators and objectives that align with the work of CDC's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO).
Leading health indicators
Of the core Healthy People 2030 objectives, there is a subset of 23 leading health indicators. This subset helps organizations, communities, and states focus their resources and efforts to improve the health and well-being of all people. Four leading health indicators are directly related to DNPAO's work:
- Reduce consumption of added sugars by people 2 and older—NWS–10.
- Reduce household food insecurity and hunger—NWS–01.
- Increase the proportion of adults who do enough aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity—PA–05.
- Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents with obesity—NWS–04.
In addition to the leading health indicators, the objectives below are related to DNPAO's work.
Vitamins and minerals
For people 2 and older:
- Increase calcium consumption—NWS–13.
- Increase potassium consumption—NWS–14.
- Increase vitamin D consumption—NWS–15.
For other population groups:
Physical activity for children and adolescents
Increase the proportion of:
- Children who do enough aerobic physical activity—PA–09.
- Children aged 2 to 5 years who get no more than one hour of screen time a day—PA–13.
- Children and adolescents who play sports—PA–12.
- Adolescents who do enough aerobic physical activity—PA–06.
- Adolescents who do enough muscle–strengthening activity—PA–07.
- Adolescents who do enough aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity—PA–08.
- Adolescents who participate in daily school physical education—ECPB–01.
Developmental objectives
In addition to core objectives, developmental objectives represent specific high-priority public health issues. These public health issues are associated with evidence-based interventions but do not yet have reliable baseline data.
The developmental objectives related to DNPAO are to increase the proportion of:
Research objectives
Research objectives represent public health issues with a high health or economic burden. These public health issues can also have significant disparities between population groups. These public health issues are not yet associated with evidence-based interventions.
Objectives are to increase the proportion of:
Overall health and well-being measures
Overall health and well-being measures are broad outcome measures intended to assess the Healthy People 2030 vision. This vision is of a society where all people can achieve their full potential for health and well-being across the lifespan. Unlike the leading health indicators and core objectives, these measures do not have targets.
Well-Being
Healthy life expectancy
- Life expectancy at birth—free of activity limitation—OHM-2.
- Life expectancy at birth—free of disability—OHM-3.
- Life expectancy at birth—in good or better health—OHM-4.
Mortality and health summary
Objective code abbreviations
- A—Arthritis
- DO—Developmental Objective
- ECBP—Educational and Community-Based Programs
- EMC—Early and Middle Childhood
- MICH—Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
- NWS—Nutrition and Weight Status
- OA—Older Adults
- OHM—Overall Health and Well–Being Measures
- PA—Physical Activity
- RO—Research Objective
- SH—Sleep Health