Statistic Sunday...Childhood Obesity Facts

Good Afternoon All,

Well I don't know what happened with the weather, but yesterday; sailing and 84 degrees...today gloomy yucky and 58 degrees.... Mother Nature is very fickle this weekend. I hope everyone is still having a great weekend. This day is a good one to do some blogging and research.

Today is STATISTIC SUNDAY... The topic for today is; CHILDHOOD OBESITY FACTS:

 

 

• Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years.
• The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in the United States who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 20% in 2008. Similarly, the percentage of adolescents aged 12–19 years who were obese increased from 5% to 18% over the same period.
• In 2008, more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese.
• Overweight is defined as having excess body weight for a particular height from fat, muscle, bone, water, or a combination of these factors. Obesity is defined as having excess body fat.
• Overweight and obesity are the result of “caloric imbalance”—too few calories expended for the amount of calories consumed—and are affected by various genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors.  

  Prevention

• Healthy lifestyle habits, including healthy eating and physical activity, can lower the risk of becoming obese and developing related diseases.
• The dietary and physical activity behaviors of children and adolescents are influenced by many sectors of society, including families, communities, schools, child care settings, medical care providers, faith-based institutions, government agencies, the media, and the food and beverage industries and entertainment industries.
• Schools play a particularly critical role by establishing a safe and supportive environment with policies and practices that support healthy behaviors. Schools also provide opportunities for students to learn about and practice healthy eating and physical activity behaviors. 
•  source:  http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/facts.htm

Fresh fruit of course is always better than sweets, but the schools do not need to go overboard, if they do the children will not eat anything... As with any changes, especially where kids are concerned, it should be done a little bit at a time so they will not really notice the change...This is my own personal opinion...

Well that is it for today... I have to go and cook up some dinner...
Until tomorrow,

Mysterychef1