Add to ORKGProduced by the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County, this report details information about childhood obesity in WNY. Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the USA, and is projected to shorten American life expectancy by 2-5 years over the next 35 years. In 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that over 1/3 of children were either obese or overweight (i.e. at risk of becoming obese). This problem is only worsening, as obesity among children and adolescents has tripled over the past 30 years
In recent years, the national childhood obesity rate has leveled off. However, reports from across t...
The purpose of the project is to show that there is a direct relationship between childhood obesity ...
Today more than 23 million U.S. children and adolescents are either obese or overweight. Hospital co...
Overweight and obese children are more likely to develop risk factors that can lead to respiratory, ...
- Childhood obesity has doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years.- As ...
IntroductionData on overweight and obesity prevalence among children enable state and local official...
Childhood obesity is a problem that is increasing (Blessing, 1986). According to Dietz, (cited in Bl...
The increasing rate of obesity among children and adolescents has become a major public health conce...
The prevalence of obese and overweight children in the United States has nearly tripled during the p...
Obesity that starts in childhood or adolescence creates greater risk for adult health problems such ...
After an investigation of the health priorities in Onondaga County, research concludes that the mort...
Nearly 40% of children in the U.S. are overweight or obese and there has been a need to determine wh...
Obesity in the U.S. is a problem that is beginning to grow large in our children‘s lives. The soluti...
Childhood overweight and obesity are at an all-time high this country. This is discouraging because ...
Childhood obesity is the latest U.S. epidemic to come to the attention of the public health communit...
In recent years, the national childhood obesity rate has leveled off. However, reports from across t...
The purpose of the project is to show that there is a direct relationship between childhood obesity ...
Today more than 23 million U.S. children and adolescents are either obese or overweight. Hospital co...
Overweight and obese children are more likely to develop risk factors that can lead to respiratory, ...
- Childhood obesity has doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years.- As ...
IntroductionData on overweight and obesity prevalence among children enable state and local official...
Childhood obesity is a problem that is increasing (Blessing, 1986). According to Dietz, (cited in Bl...
The increasing rate of obesity among children and adolescents has become a major public health conce...
The prevalence of obese and overweight children in the United States has nearly tripled during the p...
Obesity that starts in childhood or adolescence creates greater risk for adult health problems such ...
After an investigation of the health priorities in Onondaga County, research concludes that the mort...
Nearly 40% of children in the U.S. are overweight or obese and there has been a need to determine wh...
Obesity in the U.S. is a problem that is beginning to grow large in our children‘s lives. The soluti...
Childhood overweight and obesity are at an all-time high this country. This is discouraging because ...
Childhood obesity is the latest U.S. epidemic to come to the attention of the public health communit...
In recent years, the national childhood obesity rate has leveled off. However, reports from across t...
The purpose of the project is to show that there is a direct relationship between childhood obesity ...
Today more than 23 million U.S. children and adolescents are either obese or overweight. Hospital co...