Childhood Obesity Epidemic
Grasp Kids' Diets
The Trends are Bad — GoZonkers Can Help
20 Years Ago...
- Less than 35% ate too much fat
- Over 40% ate enough fruits and vegetables
- 30% of calories came from fat and added sugars
- 15% got the appropriate # of daily servings from the 5 essential food groups
- Children drank 3x as much milk as soft drinks
- Fast foods and soft drinks didn't exist in schools
- Less than 10% of children's calories came from convenience stores
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Proper nutrition and exercise are the #1 preventative measures for heart disease and diabetes
Under pressure from NCLB and testing for AYP, because nutrition education is not tested, it is disappearing from elementary schools
Children's persistent eating habits are formed before age 13
Today...
- Over 60% of children eat too much fat
- Under 16% eat enough fruits and vegetables
- 40% of children's calories come from fat and added sugars
- Only 2% get the appropriate # of daily servings from the 5 essential food groups
- Children drink 2x as much soft drinks as milk
- Over 25% of schools offer branded fast foods
- 40+% of schools have soft drink machines
- Over 50% of children's calories come from convenience stores
