OBESITY

CHILDHOOD STATISTICS

1 IN 3

children and
adolescents (age 2-19)

ARE OVERWEIGHT
OR OBESE

and almost NONE meet
recommended healthy diet and
physical activity amount

an estimated


12.5
MILLION

children (ages 5 years or
younger), spend

33 HOURS/WEEK

in child care setting and
consume nearly all of their
daily calories

OBSEITY IS LINKED TO MORE CHRONIC CONDITION THAN:

Increasing the risk of more than 20preventable diseases, including sleep apnea. asthma,heart diseases, Type 2 diabetics, osteoarthritis,highbloodpressure and high-cholestrol stroke

RISK FACTORS

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

FRENCH FRIES

are the most common vegetable that children eat, comprimising

25%

of their vegetable intake


JUICE

(which may lack important fibre found in whole fruit) makes up

40%

of children's daily fruit intake

40%-50% OF TODDLERS

watch more television than is recommended

NEARLY 1/2 OF PRESCHOOLERS

dont get enough physical activity

The cost od obesity in the United States is staggering totaling about

$147 BILLION

CHILDREN WHO EAT HEALTHY FOODS AND GET DAILY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY HAVE:

Fewer school absence Higher Academic achievement Fewer behavioral problems