Increasing the risk of more than 20preventable diseases, including sleep apnea. asthma,heart diseases, Type 2 diabetics, osteoarthritis,highbloodpressure and high-cholestrol stroke
children and
adolescents (age 2-19)
and almost NONE meet
recommended healthy diet and
physical activity amount
an estimated
children (ages 5 years or
younger), spend
in child care setting and
consume nearly all of their
daily calories
Increasing the risk of more than 20preventable diseases, including sleep apnea. asthma,heart diseases, Type 2 diabetics, osteoarthritis,highbloodpressure and high-cholestrol stroke
children in their early teens who are
obese and who have high triglyceride
level have arteries similar to those of 45-year olds
Obese children as young as age 3
shown indicators of developing heart
diseases later in life
children who are overweight from the ages 7 to 13 may develop heart disease as early as age 25
obese children are twice as likely
to die before age 55 than their slimmer peers
are the most common vegetable that children eat, comprimising
of their vegetable intake
(which may lack important fibre found in whole fruit) makes up
of children's daily fruit intake
watch more television than is recommended
dont get enough physical activity
The cost od obesity in the United States is staggering totaling about
Fewer school absence Higher Academic achievement Fewer behavioral problems