OBESITY
CHILDHOOD 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:
increasing the risk of more than 20 preventable diseases,including sleep
apnea,asthma,heart disease,Type 2 diabetes,osteoarthritis,high blood
pressure and high-cholestrol stroke.
RISK
children in the early teens who are
obese and who have high triglyceride
levels have artherier similar to those
of 45-years olds.
Obese children as young as age 3
show indicators for developing heart
disease later in life.
FACTORS
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.
JUICE
(which may lack important fibre
found in whole fruit) makes up
40 %
of children's dailyfruit intake.
40% - 50% OF
TODDLERS
watch more television than is recommended.
NEARLY 1/2 OF
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 absences
Higher Academic achievment
Higher self esteem
Fewer behavioural problems