Here are the eye-opening numbers:

• One out of every five children in the U.S. today is overweight.

• That includes more than 10% of children from ages 2-5 and more than 15% of children from ages 6-9.


• In the past 30 years, the percentage of overweight kids in the U.S. has more than doubled.

These statistics are even more startling when we look beyond childhood:

• Kids who are overweight have a 70% probability of being overweight or even obese as adults.


• That likelihood increases to 80% if one or both parents are overweight or obese.