Here¹s The Latest from the Department of Health and Human Services:
 
Ø  The latest data show continued increases in rates of childhood obesity.
HHS estimates that 20% of children and youth in the U.S. will be obese by
2010. 
 
Ø  There are numerous negative health outcomes and financial consequences
related to childhood obesity.
 
Ø  According to one estimate, total health care spending for children who
receive a diagnosis of obesity is approximately $750 million per year.
 
Ø  Obesity results from an imbalance between the amount of energy consumed
and the amount of energy expended.
 
Ø  Children and their parents can influence both energy consumed through
diet and energy expended through physical activity.
 
Ø  Some researchers have suggested that childhood obesity is largely the
result of a decline in regular physical activity.

Let's get our children off their "fatty acids" and join them outside and
play.

Leroy Fanning
Health and Human Performance

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