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1 IN 3
children and
adoloscents(2-10%)
ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE
and almost NONE meet
recommended healhy diet and
physical activity amount
An estimated
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1.25
MILLION
children (age 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 CHRONICS
CONDITIONS THAN:
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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
RISH FACTOR warning
Children in their early teens who are
obese and who have high triglyceride
levels have arteries similar to those
of 45-year olds.
Children who are overweight from
the ages of 17 to 13 may develop
heart disease as early as age 25.
Obese children as young as age 3
show indications for developing heart
disease later in life.
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 importan fiber
found in whole fruit) makes up
40%
of children daily fruit intake.
40% - 50% OF
TODDLERS
watch more television than is recommended.
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NEARLY 1/2 OF
PRESCHOOLERS
don't get enough physical activity.
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The cost of obesity in the
united States Of America is stagering
totaling about
$147
BILLION
CHILDREN WHO
EAT HEALTY
FOODS AND GET
DAILY PHYSICAL
EXCERSISE HAVE:
Fewer school absences
Higher academic acheivement
Higher self esteem
Fewwer behavioural problems
