Child Obesity Primary Sources:

• U.S. Obesity Levels Greatly Underestimated (Harvard School of Public Health)

• An Epidemic: Overweight & Unfit Children in CA Senate Districts (CA Center for Public Health Advocacy)

• Child BMI Calculator (KeepKidsHealthy.Com)

• Childhood Obesity (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Diabetes Center (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Fit Kids Perform Better Academically (CA Department of Education)

• FitnessGram Results (search by region, county, or city)

• FitnessGram News Release (Delaine Easton, CA Superintendent of Public Instruction)

• FitnessGram Letter (Delaine Easton, CA Superintendent of Public Instruction)

• Heart Disease is a Pediatric Problem: Guidelines to Lifestyle Training (American Heart Association)

• Overweight Prevalence Statistics-Fast Stats (Centers for Disease Control)

• Obesity Still on the Rise (Centers for Disease Control)

• Obesity Trends Homepage (Centers for Disease Control)

• Obesity Trends PowerPoint Slide Show (Centers for Disease Control)

  • This is the most dramatic and graphic presentation I've ever seen on the increase of obesity in America.  You can download the whole show.  Make sure you're sitting down before you watch it...the dramatic increases in obesity the last 15 years are staggering.

• Overweight in Children & Adolescents Fact Sheet (U.S. Surgeon General)

• PE4Life.Com (Physical Education Advocacy Group)

• Prevalence of Overweight Among Children & Adolescents (Centers for Disease Control)

• ShapeDown.Com (National Child Weight Loss Program)

• Smart-Mouth.Org (Interactive Kid site by Center for Science in the Public Interest on Food Industry Marketing)

"Children need 60 minutes per day of moderate physical activity most days of the week."
--U.S. Surgeon General

Child Obesity Prevention & Health Advocacy:

• Center for Science in the Public Interest (Become an instant health activist!)

• Coordinated School Health Programs (Education Development Center, Inc.)

Child Obesity Supplementary Articles:

• 500 Million Pledged to Fight Child Obesity (NY Times)

• Are Portion Sizes Changing? (American Dietetic Association)

• A Third of Kids Eat Fast Food Daily! (CNN.Com)

• Big Kid, Big Heart--And That's Not Good! (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Child Obesity & Quality of Life Study (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Child Obesity Risk Quiz-Is Your Child at Risk? (HealthAtoZ.Com)

• Cholesterol Reducing Lipitor Approved for Children! (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Diabetes Now Kills More People Than AIDS (MSNBC.Com)

• Eating Breakfast May Stave Off Diabetes (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Federally Funded School Program Works to Prevent Childhood Diabetes (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Gastric Bypass Surgery For Teens (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Heart Disease May Take Root During Adolescence (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• High Blood Pressure Guidelines for Kids (MSNBC.Com)

• High Blood Pressure in Teens Predicts Heart Disease (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• High Blood Pressure Risk Climbs With Kids' Weight (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Millions in US Believed To Be Pre-Diabetic (MSNBC.Com)

• More Obese Kids Having Risky Stomach Surgery (DrKoop.Com) STOP EATING & START EXERCISING!

• More US Kids at Risk for Obesity-Related Illnesses (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• New Guidelines Aim to Stop Heart Disease in Kids (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

  • Why are we killing our own children?!  We shouldn't even be discussing "heart disease" in the same breath as "children" yet it has now become a major issue.  I'm mad as hell!  Child obesity is child abuse--please stop killing kids with fast food and TV.

• No Corporate Logos in Our Schools Movement (Speakwell.Com & Dr. Martin Collis)

• Obesity Can Cause Heart Attacks in Kids (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Obesity Cuts Lifespan By Up To 20 Years (RealAge.Com)

• Obesity Surgery Triples Among U.S. Teens (MSNBC.Com)

• Overweight Black Kids at Risk of Type-2 Diabetes (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Parents Don't See Obesity in Their Children (MSNBC.Com)

• Pre-diabetes Condition Common in Obese Youth (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• School Sports & Exercise Participants Grow Into Active Adults (RealAge.Com)

• Study Finds Significant Risk of Diabetes to Those Born in 2000 (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Toddlers Not Getting Enough Exercise (MSNBC.Com)

• US Children's Blood Pressure Rising (MSNBC.Com)

• US Teens More Likely to Be Overweight Than Foreign Teens (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• What To Do With Generation XXL (Speakwell.Com & Dr. Martin Collis)

• Young Diabetics at Risk for Early Kidney Disease (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Youth Obesity Blamed for Rise in Disability (MSNBC News)

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Visit My Obesity Prevention After-School Physical Activity Program

"We must live our lives in such a way that our children,
and their children after them,
will form a natural and lasting commitment to the vigorous life. 
Only in this way can we be assured that the spirit
and strength of America will be constantly replenished."
    --President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Official Physical Fitness Program Booklet, 1963

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(Updated 10.28.08)