Check out this infographic from LiveScience’s Ross Toro illustrating nearly 1 in 5 US kids are obese:
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Vitamin M · Maggie Sommers, RD
1 of 7 preschool age kid is obese. This is not a big number but what happens in school? Fast food and poor diet quality cause this number to increase drastically.
Thanks so much for your comment, Sarti. Pretty sad statistic, I think you may find this resource helpful for more data on overweight and obese: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html.
Have a happy holiday!
Best,
Maggie