1 IN 3
children and
adolescents (ages 2-19)
ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE
and almost NONE meet recommended healthy diet and physical activity amount
OBESITY
CHILDHOOD STATISTICS
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
OBESITY IS LINKED
TO MORE CHRONIC
CONDITIONS THAN:
Smoking Poverty Drinking
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 vegetable
that children eat, comprising
25%
of their vegetable intake
are the most common vegetable
that children eat, comprising
25%
of their vegetable intake
JUICE
(which may lack important fibre
found in whole fruit) makess up
40%
of childrens's daily fruit intake.
(which may lack important fibre
found in whole fruit) makess up
40%
of childrens's daily fruit intake.
40% - 50% OF
TODDLERS
watch more television than is recommended
TODDLERS
watch more television than is recommended
NEARLY 1/2 OF
PRESCHOOLERS
don't get enough physical activity
PRESCHOOLERS
don't get enough physical activity
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 abscences
Higher academic achievement
Higher self-esteem
Fewer behavioral problems
EAT HEALTHY
FOODS AND GET
DAILY PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY HAVE:
Fewer school abscences
Higher academic achievement
Higher self-esteem
Fewer behavioral problems