1 IN 3
children and adolescents (ages 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 settings and
consume nearly all of their
daily calories
Smoking
Poverty
Drinking
OBESITY IS LINKED TO MORE CHRONIC CONDITIONS THAN:
increasing the risk of more than 20 preventable diseases, including sleep apnea, asthma, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, high blood pressure, and high-cholesterol stroke.
RISK FACTORS
children in their early teens who are obese and who have high triglyceride levels have arteries similar to those of 45-year olds.
Obese children as young as age 3 show indicators for developing heart disease later in life.
Children who are overweight from
the ages of 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 vegitable that children eat, comprising
25%
of their vegitable intake.
JUICE
(which may lack important fibre found in whole fruit) makes up
40%
of children's daily fruit intake.
40% - 50% OF
TODDLERS
which more television than recommended.
NEARLY 1/2 OF
PRESCHOOLERS
don't get enough physical activity.
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The cost
of obesity in the united States is staggering totaling about
$147 BILLION
CHILDREN WHO
EAT HEALTHY FOODS AND GET DAILY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY HAVE:
Fewer school absences
Higher academic achievements
Higher self-esteem
Fewer behavioral problems