Description

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, there has been a dramatic increase in
obesity in Americans since the 1990s.

Almost 9 million (15%) children between the ages of 6 and 19 are overweight, and this
number is still growing, according to information gathered between 1999 and 2000 (triple the
number since 1980). The information has also shown that another 15% of children between
the ages of 6 and 19 are at risk of becoming overweight.

eBook author: Peter Smith
eBook length: 15 pages
eBook download file format: .pdf