Childhood Obesity Statistics WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Childhood Obesity Statistics
In the past four decades, statistics of obesity in children has increased four times according to studies.1 According to the latest study by the National Health and Nutrition Examination, an estimated 16 percent of children and adolescents ages 6-19 years old are overweight.2 It also indicates that 70 percent of these children will be obese as adults.1
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides obesity prevention programs and activities.3
- The prevalence of obesity decreases with increasing socioeconomic status.4
- Sedentary lifestyle and poor eating habits contribute to obesity.4
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 eMedTV: Childhood Obesity Statistics
- ↑ About.com: Childhood Obesity
- ↑ National Center for Health Statistics: Overweight
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 National Center for Health Statistics: Overweight
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- Last update: Nov. 21, 2009
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- Contributor: Lesgreen Babaran, PTRP
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: CHILDHOOD OBESITY STATISTIC
- Last update: Oct. 22, 2009
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