Childhood Obesity Statistics
Childhood Obesity Statistics – Understanding the actual statistics behind the number of overweight children and other important childhood obesity statistics may help you with your overweight child. It can also help your child who is at a healthy weight stay at a healthy weight.
The Child Obesity Epidemic
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It is clear from reviewing childhood obesity statistics that childhood obesity has been increasing the last 20 to 30 years:
* only 5% of children between the ages of 2 and 5 were considered overweight in a 1971-1974 survey, while 13.9% of children at this age were overweight in a more recent 2003-2004 survey
* only 4% of children between the ages of 6 and 11 were considered overweight in a 1971-1974 survey, while 18.8% of children at this age were overweight in a more recent 2003-2004 survey
* only 6.1% of children between the ages of 12 and 19 were considered overweight in a 1971-1974 survey, while 17.4% of children at this age were overweight in a more recent 2003-2004 survey
Fortunately, childhood obesity rates have been holding steady since 2003, with no increases in the rate of obesity.
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