OBESITYCHILDHOOD STATISTICS

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.

OBESITY IS LINKED
TO MORE CHRONIC CONDITIONS THAN:

SmokingPovertyDrinking

Increasing the risk of more than 20 preventable diseases, including sleep apnea, asthma, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, osteoarthiritis,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 25 years.
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, comprising
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 PRESCHOOLERS
don't get enough phyical activity.
The cost of obesity in the united states is staggering totalling about
$147
BILLION
CHILDREN WHO EAT HEALTHY FOODS AND GET DAILY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY HAVE:
Fewer school absences
Higher academic achievement
Higher self-esteem
Fewer behavioral problems