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Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.

Compared to Distribution

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an indicator guage with the arrow in the yellow the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the red the value is in the worst quarter of communities.

Compared to Target

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Compared to a Single Value

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Trend

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Compared to Prior Value

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green chart bars Significantly better than the overall value

red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

light blue chart bars No significant difference with the overall value

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Adults who Frequently Cook Meals at Home

Census Tract: 06111008307
Measurement Period: 2023
This indicator shows adults who frequently cook meals at home within a given week.

Why is this important?

Cooking meals at home is correlated with better diet quality. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that people who frequently eat meals at home consume less calories and eat healthier than those who cook less. 
 
Not only is frequently eating out less healthy, it is also generally more expensive and associated with higher away-from-home expenditures.
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Census Tract: 06111008307

77.7%
Source: Claritas Consumer Profiles
Measurement period: 2023
Maintained by: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute
Last update: March 2024
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Adults who Frequently Cook Meals at Home

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Measurement Period: 2023
Data Source: Claritas Consumer Profiles
November 22, 2024www.healthmattersinvc.org
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0.0%
0.0% - 75.4%
75.4% - 83.1%
83.1% - 90.9%
90.9% - 100.0%
There are 189 Census Tract values. The lowest value is 0%, and the highest value is 100%. Half of the values are between 73.8% and 86.5%. The middle (median) value is 80.8%.

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Filed under: Health / Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Health / Wellness & Lifestyle, Health Behaviors