Obesity

In Lake County, Ohio

Childhood Obesity is a growing problem within our community. An Ohio Department of Health body mass index study shows Lake County third -grade students' overweight/obesity prevalence increased from 25.9 percent in 2004-2005 to 28 percent in 2009-2010. These results indicate more than one in four children in Lake County is overweight.

In the United States

Between the years 2017-2020, the prevalence of obesity for children and adolescents between the ages of 2 and 19 years was 19.7% or 14.7 million kids.

For more detailed information:

¹Read CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data brief[PDF-705KB]

Take a look at:

1. http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/index.html

2. http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body/overweight_obesity.html

The percentage of overweight children in the United States is growing at an alarming rate, with 1 out of 3 kids now considered overweight or obese.