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In 2010, Texas saw 328,379 cases of obesity-related cancer and is predicted to see 810,806 cases in 2030. Obesity also has substantial impacts on the economy in Texas. Obesity costs Texas businesses $9.5 billion annually. [6] 41% of this is due to obesity-related healthcare costs, 17% is due to absenteeism, and 37% is due to presenteeism. [6]
Currently, four in 10 adults in the U.S. have obesity, and nearly 20% of U.S. kids have obesity, according to the report. Report shows 23 states have reached 35% obesity rate; here’s how Texas fares
The rate of overweight and obesity in Brazilian children increased from 4% in the 1980s to 14% in the 1990s. [105] In 2007 the prevalence of children overweight and childhood obesity was 11.1% and 2.7% in girls, 8.2% and 1.5% in boys, respectively. [106]
The following figures were averaged from 2005 to 2007 adult data compiled by the CDC BRFSS program [93] and 2003–2004 child data from the National Survey of Children's Health. [94] [95] There is also data from a more recent 2016 CDC study of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam. [96]
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Statistics from across the globe demonstrate that approximately 22 million children under the age of five are classified as obese. [8] Some health risks associated with childhood obesity include high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
Childhood obesity in the United States, has been a serious problem among children and adolescents, and can cause serious health problems among our youth. According to the CDC, as of 2015–2016, in the United States, 18.5% of children and adolescents have obesity, which affects approximately 13.7 million children and adolescents.
Since 1990, Texas leads the nation in child heat strokes with 156 deaths. Almost 90% of children who die are 3 or younger, according to data. Texas leads the nation in child hot car deaths.