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The task force is designed to support the administration's "Let's Move!" initiative, first announced by Michelle Obama in February 2010. The Let's Move initiative is similar to the task force, except it focuses on involving more partners in the cause to reduce childhood obesity than just the United States government. [2]
It funded child nutrition programs and free lunch programs in schools for 5 years. [1] In addition, the law set new nutrition standards for schools, and allocated $4.5 billion for their implementation. [1] The new nutrition standards were a centerpiece of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative to combat childhood obesity. [2]
[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]
On World Obesity Day 2023, WHO presented five key trends related to overweight and obesity in primary school-aged children in the European Region. These trends are based on data collected from the fifth round of the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI), conducted from 2018 to 2020, with participation from 33 countries ...
The 2000 CDC growth charts - a revised version of the 1977 NCHS growth charts - are the current standard tool for health care providers and offer 16 charts (8 for boys and 8 for girls), of which BMI-for-age is commonly used for aiding in the diagnoses of childhood obesity. [1]
Due to the rising prevalence of obesity in children and its many adverse health effects it is being recognized as a serious public health concern. [1] The term overweight rather than obese is often used when discussing childhood obesity, as it is less stigmatizing, although the term overweight can also refer to a different BMI category. [2]
Obesity in Canada varies by ethnicity; people of Aboriginal origin have a significantly higher rate of obesity (37.6%) than the national average. [36] In children obesity has substantially increased between 1989 and 2004 with rates in boys increasing from 2% to 10% and rates among girls increasing from 2% to 9%. [37]
A systematic review on the incidence of childhood obesity, found that childhood obesity in the U.S. declines with age. [14] The age-and-sex related incidence of obesity was found to be "4.0% for infants 0–1.9 years, 4.0% for preschool-aged children 2.0–4.9 years, 3.2% for school-aged children 5.0–12.9 years, and 1.8% for adolescents 13.0 ...