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STATE OFFICE CLOSURE - INCLEMENT WEATHER
Commissioner of Administration Taylor Barras is announcing that all state offices in Cameron Parish will be closed Wednesday, June 17, 2026 and Thursday, June 18, 2026, due to the impending tropical storm.
All agency heads are responsible for determining those essential personnel who should remain on duty, report for duty, or those who should report to alternate work sites as necessary. Officials continue to monitor conditions throughout the state, and this announcement may be updated.
This office closure applies to all nonessential employees, including those authorized to work from home.
Life in Louisiana is hard to beat when it comes to what we eat and where we run, walk, and play. However, our lifestyle, including nutrition and physical activity, has a significant impact on healthy weight in our communities. A weight that is higher than what is considered a healthy weight for a given height is described as overweight or obese. Obesity is common, serious, and expensive—affecting overall health, healthcare costs, and workforce productivity. Obesity can lead to poor health conditions that last a lifetime, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers. Nearly one out of four adults in Louisiana is considered obese. The Louisiana Department of Health's Well-Ahead Louisiana program (WAL) aims to make healthy living easily accessible for everyone - focusing on empowering leaders in childcare, healthcare, school, worksite, and community settings to make healthy changes in their environments to maintain a healthy weight. By working together, we can make a change that makes a real difference.
Exercise and a healthy diet are important steps in combatting health conditions such as obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. A good diet is more than just eating healthy portions of food. It also means eating the right kinds of nutritious foods, which contain essential vitamins and minerals. Together, diet and exercise play a role in the condition of obesity, but they may not fully explain it. Obesity is a complex condition that may be caused by a combination of factors, including environmental factors, genetics, brain function, and other factors we do not yet know or fully understand.
Tracking Nutrition, Physical Activity and Weight in Louisiana
More research into the potential contributing factors to obesity is needed. Considering obesity as it relates to environmental health and other health indicators may lead us to discover new ways to make positive changes in Louisiana's health outcomes. One potential factor being researched is human exposure to natural or man-made environmental contaminants in air, water, or food. Other factors include genetics, poverty, access to parks and green space, access to healthy foods, community safety, level of stress, mental health factors, access to health care, and other medical conditions such as diabetes.
The Nutrition, Physical Activity and Weight measure on the Health Data Exploreris the percentage of the adult population ages 20 and older that has a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30. BMI is a unit represented as a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. Although BMI is only a relative measure, it can be used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems. It is not a diagnostic of body fat, nor does it convey the health of an individual.
For a more detailed description of these measures, please see the Glossary of Terms.
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