Obesity in Los Angeles 63.1% of adults in the U.S. were either overweight or obese in 2009 UP206a Final Project Eugenio C Fernandez

30.5 % of children (ages 10-17) in the California were either overweight or obese in % of children (ages 10-17) in the US were either overweight or obese in 2007 California does not have a problem with adult obesity, but it has a problem with children obesity

California 58 th District

California 60 th District

Is there a correlation between income and obesity?

Mapa income vs. obesity Income de los dos districts 3d obesity vs income Average Household Income on both Districts

3D visualization—Obesity vs. Income

Are fast food chain targeting low income communities?

Let’s ask the largest fast food chain restaurant…

Location of the 311 McDonalds in Los Angeles County

Location of McDonalds in th 58 th and 60 th District

Persons per McDonalds in different economic areas

Are fast food chain targeting schools?

McDonalds and Schools in the 58 th District

McDonalds and Schools in the 60 th District

McDonalds within.1 miles of a School in the 58 th District

McDonalds within.1 miles of a School in the 60 th District

Does recreation parks and centers help reduce obesity?

Distance from school to McDonalds and Rec Centers

Skills Geographic Scale. Inset map. Point symbol. Aggregating attribute fields. Creating indices. Attribute sub-sets selections. Boundary sub-sets selections. Modeling. Metadata. Measurement/Analysis. Original data. Extracting information from a buffer. Charts, images. Geocoding 3-D Modeling