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Although the rate of childhood obesity in the United States has stopped increasing, the current rate remains high. In 2010, 32.6 percent of six- to eleven-year-olds were overweight, and 18 percent of six- to nine-year-olds were obese. [104]
The highest rates of childhood obesity are found in the southeastern states of which Mississippi was found to have the highest rate of overweight/obese children, 44.5%/21.9% respectively. [10] The western states were found to have the lowest prevalence, such as Utah (23.1%) and Oregon (9.6%).
In the last 30 years, childhood obesity rates have tripled, and one out of three children is at least overweight, and one in six is obese.
[3] [4] [5] Let's Move! sought to decrease childhood obesity to 5% by 2030. [6] Despite its goal, the Let's Move! initiative did not cause a decline in obesity rates. In 2008, 68% of Americans were either overweight or obese. By 2016, that number jumped to 71.2%. In 2018, more than 73.1% of Americans were either overweight or obese. [7]
The jump in 2- to 5-year-olds isn't much better, with a threefold increase to nearly 20% from 1966-1970 through 2007-2008. ... The seven U.S. states with the highest childhood obesity rates
The guidance comes as childhood obesity rates have continued to rise over the past decade and a half, increasing from 17% to 20%, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and ...
The Childhood Obesity Task Force is a United States government task force charged with reducing childhood obesity in the United States. It was founded on February 9, 2010, by the Obama administration through a presidential memorandum, announcing the establishment of a Task Force on Childhood Obesity.
The American Academy of Pediatrics' new guidelines on childhood obesity are causing an uproar in the eating disorder community. ... and patients to navigate the annual new year dieting ...